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

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

Dicember 2017, Day 1: The Ragnorak Dice

A variety of different kinds of polyhedral dice.

Tales of a GM is running the 12 Days of Dicember, a project dedicated to dice in all their randomized glory. The question for the first day of Dicember is “Which is your favorite set of dice?” For me, it’s my Ragnarok dice. I bought these Chessex dice at MEPACON 2010 for my The Day after Ragnarok lunchtime campaign. The smokey … Read more

Prologue 2017

A brilliant pink, orange, and yellow sunset fades to blue. Power lines and trees are backlit by the sunset.

Prologue 2017 was a test project I ran while doing the redesign. The goal of the project was to experiment with different ways of incorporating photos into the design, as well as seeing how I could post a project with daily updates. Prologue 001: Sandy Hook, NJ Prologue 002: Play Ball! Prologue 003: Defending the … Read more