Oct 24 2020
Updated 07 October 2024
Critical Role is a popular live-streamed D&D adventure, where dungeon master extraordinaire Matt Mercer leads a group of LA-based voice actors through epic adventures in a completely homebrewed campaign setting. It is now in its third campaign, with their first one encompassing an impressive 115 episodes, their second one 141 episodes strong and their third one still ongoing.
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Older editions of the Dice Digest (prior to October 2020) are only available in PDF format.
Continue readingOct 23 2020
A lot of collectors have probably felt the frustration of getting closer and closer to completing that out-of-print dice set, and then there’s just that last elusive die that’s missing. You know, the one that everyone is looking for. It’s a bit of an odd phenomenon, and no one can really explain why it is always those one or two dice that seem to be the hardest to find.
Continue readingOct 23 2020
Below are common terms and acronyms often used when talking about dice.
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Below is a listing with known, legit online dice shops that I have compiled and try to keep up to date as much as possible.
It has different tabs per region and shops are listed by country with added information on shipping costs (where available). Red flags indicate when there are known controversies or issues with a store to help make informed decisions about where to buy.
(Please note that there are different tabs at the bottom for the different regions.)
I also have a PDF version below, but it may not be as up to date as the Google sheet linked above.
Oct 23 2020
“Does anybody know what these dice are?”
This question is asked a lot all across the dice groups, and it’s a blessing that we have many members in the community who have a vast knowledge of the different dice makers and manufacturers, and how you can tell them apart. However, it doesn’t require that you actually own or even know all the dice ever made to be able to come to a conclusion what “these dice” are.
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Updated Dec 2024
Most people who develop an interest in dice and dice collecting almost inevitably eventually stumble across the Chessex Borealis line. You know, those semi-translucent dice with the very fine glitter. They’re really quite pretty, offered in several different colours, and actually available in two types of glitter. Which, admittedly, is veering into slightly dice-nerdy territory, but the old glitter vs. the new glitter identification is something that collectors hold near and dear to their heart.
Continue readingOct 23 2020
Have you ever seen someone else’s wonderful photos of their dice where they look stunning, glamorous or just plain beautiful, and wondered how you can make your own photos look just as great? Maybe you have all these fabulous dice, and want to know the magic formula to make that brilliance translate in your photos.
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If you’ve ever seen a set of dice and thought, “Hm, these would look better with differently coloured numbers,” it’s actually possible and not all that hard to change the colour yourself. This process is what the dice collecting community calls ‘reinking’, and below is some advice on how you can go about it.
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