Dicember 2017, Day 10: Workaholic

Two rows of different-colored twenty-sided dice.

Tales of a GM is running the 12 Days of Dicember, a project dedicated dice in all their randomized glory. The question for the tenth day of Dicember is “Which are your hardest working dice?” My d20s work the hardest at my gaming table, regardless of which side of the dungeon master’s screen I’m on. Dungeons & Dragons, in … Read more

Dicember 2017, Day 7: Best Pattern

Three sets of dice: orange & red, then green and grey, then blue and grey

Tales of a GM is running the 12 Days of Dicember, a project dedicated dice in all their randomized glory. The question for the seven day of Dicember is “What is the best dice pattern?” It depends on what what you mean by “best”. Overall, I’d say a high contrast dice pattern — dark die color with light … Read more

Endless Dungeons

A small conventional graph paper dungeon featuring blocks, hexagons, and connecting passages.

Dungeons are the cornerstone of the fantasy RPGs. Even as games become more story-driven, even when we give up slaying the dragon in exchange for founding a kingdom, the lure of the dungeons is still there. This page is dedicated to dungeons in all their impossible glory.

Dicember 2017, Day 4: Strangest Die

Tales of a GM is running the 12 Days of Dicember, a project dedicated dice in all their randomized glory. The question for the fourth day of Dicember is “Which is the strangest die in your collection?” I don’t have any truly strange dice in my collection (e.g. a 27-sided die or one of those endlessly rolling d100s). … Read more

Dicember 2017, Day 3: Favorite Game

A number of different polyhedral dice.

Tales of a GM is running the 12 Days of Dicember, a project dedicated dice in all their randomized glory. The question for the third day of Dicember is “What is your favourite dice game?” My hands-down favorite is Zombie Dice (website/Amazon) by Steve Jackson Games. It’s a push-your-luck game in which the players are zombies trying to catch humans … Read more

Dicember 2017, Day 2: Oldest Dice

Dozens of polyhedral dice.

Tales of a GM is running the 12 Days of Dicember, a project dedicated dice in all their randomized glory. The question for the second day of Dicember is “Which is your oldest die?” The answer is … I honestly don’t know. I have a number of ancient dice that date back to my original Dungeons & Dragons Basic … Read more