In this week’s TTRPG news roundup: Wizards of the Coast welcomes a new leader, Goodman Games celebrates DCC Day on Saturday, Modiphius announces a Space: 1999 RPG, D&D 2024 previews at Gen Con, and summer sales bring holiday cheer.
Dragon in the Woodshed’s Mimic dice box
Eaton Socon is a village in England and the home to Dax Smith of Dragon in the Woodshed.
Not too soon: Dicebound launch and fund their Dungeons & Dice Advent calendars
This year’s twist is that Dicebound is aiming to offer more than just calendars. There will be mystery boxes and art.
D&D to get official “Dome of Destiny Automatic Dice Spinner”
Official images of FanRoll’s new 20 plus products will debut at GAMA Expo, which is on right now, and some are circulating already.
Diceomatic: A Kickstarter recreating 1920s mechanical dice crosses half a million
Diceomatic incorporates alternating gears to achieve complete randomness.
Eldritch Tabletop’s Mimic monster dice box is a horror beauty
Yikes! Eldritch Tabletop merges tech with woodcraft and bold ideas. The digital display DM screen is impressive, but the Mimic dice box has blown me away.
The “Dice” Debate Has Got to Die
“Die” goes back far enough, that we aren’t completely sure of the deepest roots. At least that gives us a clear indication of how long mankind might have been obsessed with odds and gaming.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #214
Routinely Itemised is Geek Native’s RPG news summaries column that goes out to RPGers everywhere on Friday night as a one-stop review, discoveries, tips and interviews post.
Mayan Number Dice: Time to add the ancient system to your tabletop games
Ten years ago, the first product Paymaster ever made was a set of Mayan Dice, and now the company is on Kickstarter to do it again.
Goblin Dice offer 5e adventures, merch and loads of misfits and mayhem mathrocks
Backers at £14 get one dice set from any of the designs that have been unlocked. At this tier, there’s that free 5e adventure and access to the add-on store for those t-shirts and other goodies.
