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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

We have talked about this for five years and it finally came together with help from some fantastic friends and collaborators. Super excited for this one! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Advent-ure Calendar 20: The Lost Labyrinth

Image is of an unpainted resin tabletop miniature—a Dwarf in full adventuring gear—along with a picture of a hand drawn dungeon map and the cover of The Lost Labyrinth.

The text reads:
24 doors
24 adventures
Infinite choices
…but the quest begins only if you pledge.

Back the adventure on Kickstarter!

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Attending our first Trade Day at Gen Con. This dice tower is going to its new home later today at Saltire Toys & Games!

This is a dice tower display we make for retail stores. Displaying 14 different dice sets in clamshell packaging, it includes a built in dice tower and tray.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

We did it!! Advent-ure Calendars 17-19 funded yesterday. Thank you so much! 😊 There are still 14 days left on Kickstarter so go get yours!

$40,000 Project funded!

The image is a picture of the box art for Advent-ure Calendars 17, 18, and 19. Above them is the Death Wizard , a skeletal figure in purple robes. He is holding Mr. Wriggles, the skeleton cat.

The text reads: We did it!! All three calendars are unlocked!! Additional calendars will be available for purchase in the pledge manager.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Since then lots of other dice companies have created advent calendars, but ours are still the only one with totally original dice inside. Sometimes those dice inspired new sets. This blue knight was inspired by a set in Advent-ure Calendar 5: Dragon’s Lair.

A set of sparkling blue dice with silver ink. There are crossed swords on the high face of each die.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Every year since we have produced three calendars, one holiday, one for counting down to any event, and a big 31 day calendar for Halloween.

Advent-ure Calendar 15: Dracula’s Castle standing on a shelf next to a life sized plastic black cat. The cover illustration shows a castle in the moonlight with a bat in flight.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

We’re proud to say we were the first dice company to make a dice filled advent calendar. The Holiday Tavern ran on Kickstarter in 2019 and sold out in a few hours.

A case of Advent-ure Calendar 1: Holiday Tavern sitting open and showing the calendar boxes inside. The cover illustration shows a wizard walking through the snow, approaching a cozy tavern.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The new Advent-ure Calendars have officially launched! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The countdown has begun. Advent-ure Calendars 17-19 launch Tuesday June 10 on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

A fiery mushroom cloud rises above the city, taking us back to the Atomic Age in Advent-ure Calendar 17.

The Death Wizard and his beloved pet Mr. Wriggles welcome you to Advent-ure Calendar 18: Castle of ULTIMATE Death! A skeletal wizard stands in front of an imposing green castle. The wizard is scratching a skeleton cat on the top of its head…er, skull? A fierce mimic with sharp teeth is pictured in a thumbnail at the lower left. The text reads Meet Chompers!

A decorated Christmas tree lays on the floor by the fireplace where stockings are hung. Three adorable kitties can’t wait for Christmas morning. Countdown to Kitty Clacks Christmas with Cocoa, Merry, and Tinsel in Advent-ure Calendar 19.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Do you have what it takes to compete? The Championship of Dice Rolling will be decided at Origins! tabletop.events/conventions/...

A banner announcing the World Championship of Dice Rolling sponsored by Black Oak Workshop and Foam Brain Games. The company logos are shown on either side of an array of rainbow colored d20 dice. The background is of multiple colorful polyhedral dice.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

What’s in the truck: 1. 5 baby Chromatic dragons 2. Tiamat 3. Superman’s next problem

The back of a tractor trailer ahead of us in traffic. The trailer doors are covered in various hazmat warnings. This is how supervillains are made.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

A moment of peace and beautiful dice for those who celebrate. Excited to be back at PAX East. ✨⚔️✨

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

In line to unload our booth stuff at the Boston Convention Center. Got a couple of new supervisors.

Two seagulls perched on top of a booth in a parking lot behind the convention center, looking official.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Happy Birthday Miss Flower, from small lady Arya and her found family Sansa and Aku. They know what it is to find a safe home. 🏠

A little tabby cat with her catnip banana, curled up in a cat bed.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

For Bluesky today, a Blue Knight. Coming soon!

A box filled with six sided dice. They are a sparkling blue with silver swords in place of numbers. The number of swords equals the result.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Today and every April 1st, we honor the chit by including a printed, color-coded set of chits free with every online order! Ok you might be thinking…what? Full explanation (and new dice) at blackoakworkshop.com

A sheet of chits. They are numbered squares representing the sides of a standard polyhedral set of dice. The squares are cut out and placed in cups on the table. To roll a d20 for example, you draw a numbered square from the d20 cup. In the early days of role playing games, dice were in short supply so chits were included in games as emergency number generators.

New dice! The Advanced Dice and Crayon sets take you back to the early days of role-playing games. Color the set with the included crayon, or use your own paint pens. Available in six colors!

The Advanced Dice and Crayon set shown in its retail packaging. A mysterious wizard overlooks a smoking cauldron filled with blue dice.

The Moonbeam 7-dice set. The dice are a dark purple swirl with silver ink. A cat sitting on a crescent moon is on each high face. Moonbeam and her matching dice bag are now available on our website!

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Stopped at Lake Geneva games on our way home from Gary Con. Epic artwork and gaming space at this friendly local game store.

Met with owner Jason and talked about dice and pins! Thermal cameras are fun.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Jolly Blackburn’s one of a kind Cobalt Dragon d20 in action. @jollyblackburn.bsky.social #garycon

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Played pinball with a Red Dragon at Gary Con. She destroyed me. 😆✨⚔️🐲

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Here it is! It was out of stock until last week and has now been added back to the store.

Two 8 sided dice sitting on a white background. They are purple, blue, and pale aqua swirl. Each side has an answer in gold ink. “Nay” “No” “Yes” and “Aye” faces are shown. They are Divination d8s, rather like a Magic 8 Ball.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Back home for two weeks before heading off to Gary Con. The Kitty Clacks product development team is happy to see us.

Arya, a small tabby cat friend, napping on the couch before dinner.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

We’re at Mythic Con West in Asheville this weekend for some gaming fun! #dice #mythiccon

A giant blue d6 sits on a small table with a sword sticking out of the top like the sword in the stone. The words Mythic Con are on the 6 side. Whoever draws the sword from the d6 is king, not everyone knows that.

A side view of the dice in the Black Oak treasure chests.

Gamers having fun in the open gaming section at Mythic Con West.

Dice towers by Dragon Armor Games. An assortment of handmade wooden dice towers sitting on a vendor table. They have different symbols on the front of each. The one closest to the edge of the table says “I am become …death” with a cute grim reaper. A few of our dice sit in the tray.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

GAMA Expo was as always a lot of fun. We get to meet retailers, show off new stuff, and hang out with good friends. We’ll see you next year! #gamaexpo

Our show booth at GAMA Expo. All of our products displayed and watched over by Eyerene the Beholder. A table at the front of the booth displays a banner with our company name and our distributer ACD.

Our booth location on aisle 1000 at GAMA Expo.

New Moonbeam dice and bag set. Designed as a wedding gift and coming soon to our store. Moonbeam is a purple swirl set of dice with silver ink. There is a silhouette of a cat perched in a crescent moon on each high face and on the matching black and silver dice bag.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Taking background pictures for the website. Now I get to sort dice lol.

There are three kinds of Black Oak dice in this picture. Black six sided dice have bones for numbers and laughing white skulls. Glow in the dark six sided dice have bones and weapons suspended in them like Gelatinous Cubes. And four sided campfires d4s have a campfire image in yellow ink on three sides.

Gelatinous Cube d6
Rolling Bones d6
Campfire d4

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Craig has frozen his way to Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo this weekend. Brave the cold, pick up some dice, and play games!

The mascot for Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo, Phil E. Cheesesteak. He is a mimic disguised as a cheesesteak.

A small tabby cat with a white nose hiding under a blanket until spring.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Here’s the matching dice bag! We”ll post some more pictures as we work on the site. It’s been fun looking back on the dice we’ve made.

The 2019 dice bag. Dark blue with silver snowflakes. The largest snowflake has a d20 in the center.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

We’re working on a new website that will include an archive of all our dice Advent-ure Calendars. This is our first one, from 2019, The Holiday Tavern. We were still figuring things out, and we didn’t make that many. If you find one in the wild, grab it!

The North Star dice set. A deep blue glitter with white ink and a star in white ink on each die face.

The Christmas Tree polyhedral dice set. A seven piece dice set in dark green swirl with white ink. There is a Christmas tree on the high face or each die.

The Snowflakes set is silver ink on a white swirl. There is a snowflake on the high face of each die.

The single dice from Advent-ure Calendar 1. They are all d20s. Holiday Lights is black with white ink and a Christmas light bulb on the high face. It came with a note encouraging the owner to color the lights. The Santa d20 is red with Santa’s cap on the high face. The Coal d20 is entirely black with black ink. The Candy Cane d20 is white with red ink and a candy cane on the high face.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The Big Eye dice bag unlocked over at our Monstrous Christmas Stockings Kickstarter today! kck.st/4gfv0qi

A giant eyeball on a giant green drawstring bag. The bag sits on a neutral faux fur backdrop beside a blue sparkle d20. The d20 looks awestruck.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

PAX Unplugged! ✨✨✨ We’re in Booth 3500. Meet our beholder Eyerene, see the Monstrous Stockings, and grab an Advent-ure Calendar! #paxunplugged

The Black Oak Workshop booth at PAX Unplugged 2024. There is a big beholder with lighted eyes on the wall at the center, surrounded by the selection of bags we have on sale. On either side of the bags are polyhedral dice sets in clamshells. Our Advent-ure Calendars are on the side tables. There are monsters watching from the top of the wall. They are friendly and love Christmas.

Player 1/Player 2 d2s in the Treasure Chest. They are bright yellow with black ink and look like the buttons on games at the video arcade. Super nostalgic and good for those tough yes/no questions.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Spent today setting up our PAX Unplugged booth. We are #3500. Pics tomorrow when the show starts! For tonight, have a Christmas tree. 🎄

A Christmas tree decorated with Sanrio characters including Hello Kitty, and various cute ornaments and teddy bears. Found at You & Me in Chinatown, Philadelphia.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

On the way to Philly, alongside a Christmas tree delivery and what could only be a big present. And the Monster Paws are funded!! ✨Thank you!!✨

A truck pulling a trailer fully loaded with Frasier Firs.

A truck with an oversized load banner, carrying a giant box. What is in it? Something cool. Gotta be presents.

The Monstrous dice stockings! Pictured left to right: a green Troll Foot, red Dragon Claw, blue and white Yeti Paw, and a purple Tentacle.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

On the road to PAX Unplugged and launching a Kickstarter, as one does in the dice business. Monstrous Christmas Stockings is alive!!! …live. Live at kck.st/4gfv0qi

Highway at night, featuring lots of travelers. Image safely captured from the passenger seat.

A picture of two drawstring bags. One is green with black claws and scales. The other is blue with black claws and white tufts of embroidered fur.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Anyway, we hope you’ll think of us for dice or bags or an advent calendar. We’d love to earn your business, it means everything to a small company like ours. -Craig, Carolyn, and Ashlyn. 💎

A pile of d4 dice with torches and campfires on three of the four sides.

A set of glow in the dark polyhedral dice with white ink, depicting various weapons and bones like they were just consumed by a gelatinous cube.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

We also have a giant collection of dice bags. Craig (owner) does all of this design work, from the singles to the calendars. Brendon and Brian Fraim do the artwork for our packaging.

A picture of the dice bag board from our show booth. A variety of embroidered bags are shown surrounding a giant hand sculpted foam clay beholder with light up eyes. Her name is Eyerene.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

We make a bunch of polyhedral sets, too. Our most popular are the Kitty-Clacks, because cats, right?

Kitty Clacks Quantum, purple and pink glitter dice with white ink and a cat on the high face. A rattled looking cartoon cat drawing is Quantum. All of our art is done by Brendon and Brian Fraim.

Kitty Clacks Hazel, a fluffy Maine Coon, with her set, brown swirl and green ink.

Lucipurr! A mysterious void cat peers over his shoulder next to a set of red and black swirl dice with yellow ink.

The Halloween kitten Salem, with her dark purple sparkle dice. They have orange ink and cats on the high faces.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

You can find the little battle axe in this one, The Lost Caverns.

The front of the box for Advent-ure Calendar 11: The Lost Caverns. It depicts three adventurers entering an unexplored cavern, not unlike the Mines of Moria.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Most of our cool experimental dice start in our Advent-ure Calendars. We were the first dice company to produce one with custom dice, and we always do original designs for them.

Our latest three Advent-ure Calendars displayed on a table at Game Hole Con 2024.
Advent-ure Calendar 14: Arcade Adventure
Advent-ure Calendar 15: Dracula’s Castle
Advent-ure Calendar 16: Kaiju Christmas

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I mean look at this rad little battle axe guy.

A d2 in the shape of a battle axe. It is a grey and black swirl resin with a silver dot for the 1 result.

The 2 side of the same Battle Axe d2. It looks sharp, and friendly.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

For Small Business Saturday, we are the smallest of dice companies. But we’ve been doing some of the most innovative and fun dice designs for a long time now, and we love knowing they’ve made their way to your tables.

A red dragon overlooks her hoard of six sided Swords in the Stone dice. In place of numbers, each side has a number of 1-6 long swords.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Just some glow dice, waiting for a science minded gamer. From the Kaiju Christmas Advent-ure calendar.

A set of 10 glow in the dark polyhedral dice with green ink on a white background. The high faces have an atomic symbol.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

One of the cool things we do for our retail stores is Craig builds treasure chests to display our single dice and delivers them in person :) Gamers Guild and Baxter’s Game Store, both Arizona, got theirs this week! #tabletopgames

Kristen from Gamers Guild with our owner Craig and a dice treasure chest. The chest is sitting on the counter and there are board games on the shelves underneath. A big sales floor is visible behind them. This is the second biggest game store in the US!

A treasure chest sits on the counter by the register at Baxters Game Store. There are lots of collectible card games on the back wall. Rocky is standing next to it giving a thumbs up!

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

(Reposting cause I was distracted and missed the alt text.) Arya trying on a new look for #whiskerwednesday

A small grey striped tabby cat almost entirely hidden under a blanket depicting the Chat Noir poster. She appears to be disguising herself as the black cat.

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Black Oak Workshop @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

New dice Treasure Chests getting ready to go out to some of our retail friends!

A treasure chest sits on a table with the lid open. There are three empty spaces inside to hold back stock. A tray with single dice inside will go in later.

Close up of the decorative nails on the lid of a chest.

Close up of the black iron handles used to carry a chest.

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