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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
New Chessex Brush Sets (2/2) Picked these up at the Chessex booth at Spiel this year. Apparently they'll come to stores in 2026. #Chessex #Dice #Brush
Chessex Brush PaintballChessex Brush SunriseChessex Brush Breezy
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
New Chessex Brush Sets (1/2) Picked these up at the Chessex booth at Spiel this year. Apparently they'll come to stores in 2026. #Chessex #Dice #Brush
Chessex Brush WavebreakerChessex Brush Dark SideChessex Brush Deep Forest
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Für alle, die am Samstag auf der Spiel sind, HaGü und ich werden einen Vortrag über die Geschichte der Rollenspielwürfel halten (auf Deutsch). 25.10.2025 - 10:40 Uhr - Bühne Halle 4 Keine Anmeldung erforderlich, kommt einfach vorbei!
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
New Kickstarter by HaGü's Dice Designs is now up! Dice with LEDs on the inside that light up in your dice tray through magnetic induction. #dice #kickstarter #rpgdice www.kickstarter.com/projects/bum...
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Alea Luma
Dice that light up ONLY in your dice tray, no batteries, no charging!
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Brand Spotlight: Gyld - a brand who offers a sizeable range of different damage and specialty dice for D&D that are fun and really well designed. www.virtual-dreams.org/dice/brand-s... #dice #DamageDice #SpecialtyDice
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Brand Spotlight: Gyld
If you’re into Dungeons & Dragons, you may be familiar with the idea of rolling dice for different types of damage during combat, although of course this concept isn’t just applicab…
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
These have all been out of print for a while, so it took a few years to find them all, but thanks to a lovely fellow collector, the collection is now complete and it makes me really happy! #dice #out-of-print #polyhedrals
13 polysets of pearl dice in different colours, arranged in a rainbow gradient on a black background
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
New Chessex Lab Dice Wave 9. Check out my earlier post for the other three sets. (Post 2 of 2) #dice #chessex
Chessex Lustrous NeptuneChessex Nebula MoltenChessex Nebula Gelatinous
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
New Chessex Lab dice unexpectedly arrived early! I like all the six new designs, particularly Lustrous Neptune and Nebula Gelatinous. Street date is July 16th, so they should be in stores next week. (Post 1 of 2) #dice #chessex
Chessex Borealis PassionChessex Borealis MidnightChessex Gemini Copper-Purple
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
If you like unique dice with intricate designs, the new Botch Dice Kickstarter may pique your interest. The prints are detailed and durable and the bespoke font is a fun little detail, though I will say readability is not always ideal. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bot... @botchdice.bsky.social
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Heads up about Dice Nest. They carry some cool exclusive dice but are super shady - The dice are wonky with 2mm differences - They deleted my 2-star review, hence their review rating cannot be trusted - They send unsolicited promotional email which is illegal - They make false claims on Reddit #dice
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Why has no one attempted a Kickstarter with a set of Flat Earth polyset dice, but they're all d2 coins? #dice #joke #ScienceMatters
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I guess it would really depend on the individual set and I'd need to see photos of the exact set you'd send to tell if it would match my character and her colours.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
My latest "splurge on handmade dice" set from the wonderful @diceshard.bsky.social. This one's called "What a horrible night to have a curse", though I'm not sure I agree. These don't look very cursed and will (hopefully) be perfect for my Firbolg Circle of the Stars druid. #dice #handmade #resin
A set of glittery teal and purple handmade polyhedral resin dice on a grey backdrop
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Here's one of the palettes I have going. :-)
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Ah yes, I see now why I didn't buy that set - it has too much blue for my taste in the photos in the webshop. I'm really looking for something to go with that lavender and sea green thing of my character rather than light blue. But still a super nice set.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
They arrived yesterday and they're fabulous! I'll take pictures when I have more time, but I love them. What is this set named?
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
These would be so perfect for my Firbolg Circle of the Stars druid and go perfectly with the "What a horrible night to have a curse" set! Are you gonna put these up in the shop?
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Trapped Under Dice @redshirt907.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Silver and Gold(fish) #dnd #dice #dicegoblin
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I won this set through DMC a while ago, and I really need to remember to take it out and use it more! They're so nice.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
New set from Libris Arcana. Cost an arm and a leg to be delivered to Germany, but it's cute. Not a huge fan of the tiny d4 in comparison to the other dice, though. (The set is called Dots, in case you're wondering.) #dice #polyset
A colorful translucent dice polyset in mixed and somewhat muted colours with a few glitter particles inside, photographed on a light grey backdrop.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Random find in the wild from a seller at a local con - a GioLasar Cheese Moon d12 from the Constellation Dice: Apollo 50th Anniversary Edition Kickstarter. #dice #d12 #moon #space
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
It does sound like a fun family project! 🙂 Thing is that videos like this spread false information and then more people share it, and suddenly it's all over social media and becomes "common knowledge". Not saying your video will go viral, but it's a piece of that puzzle.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Thing is, the salt water test isn't a reliable method to test dice balance and it's long been debunked. It can detect whether your die would float perfectly in a vacuum, but you don't play games in a vacuum. Other physical forces have a much bigger effect that a few bubbles.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Yeah, sorry, I didn't watch the video, not a Ginny Di fan. But I'm glad she mentioned it.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The company who makes the human bone and moose poop dice (Artisan Dice) are absolute horseshit and should be avoided at any cost. The dude got sued for their shitty quality and ignoring the customer complaint and didn't show up in court. Now he has a bench warrant out on him and still doesn't care.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
It's sad when I see shops that blatantly overprice dice imported from China and customers still buy from them because they don't know better. (TDSO sells the same dice for 30% less.) They also advertise acrylic dice as resin, which at best is ignorance but possibly purposely lying to customers.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
If you've been struggling to keep up with the new Chessex releases and discontinuations over the past few years, I've made a summary post that outlines what's happened since 2022. #dice #chessex
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Keeping Track of Chessex Dice
It’s not always easy to stay up to date on new releases and also recently discontinued sets. Since Chessex is a big focus for a lot of collectors, let’s take a look at what has changed …
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Feels like a day that needs a bit more colour. #dice #pips #d6
A collection of brightly coloured pipped d6s on a colourful background
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Dark Elf Dice @darkelfdice.com · 20/02/2025
DnD dice are a cup of joy :) #dnddice #rpgdice #dice #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #dungeonsanddragonsdice #dndstuff #polyhedraldice
Teal and purple dnd dice pictured inside a teal coffee cup.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
They're not supposed to be a particular colour. The intent was to have clear material with distinct red, yellow and blue swirls. Unfortunately, most have the swirls mixed together, which makes them muddy and reddish brown like yours. These are two hand-picked sets of mine that are a little nicer.
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MTD Jake @mtdjake.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Nacho Cheese dice from Viridian Dice I love these tasty dice! #dnd #pathfinder #dice
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Having fun with some of my DHD sets for this week's Dice Discord photo prompt of "Opposites". @dieharddice.bsky.social #dice #polyhedrals
Several polysets of roleplaying dice in dark and light colours, juxtaposed next to each other with a clear divide between the dark and the light sets to depict a theme of "opposites".
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Yes, indeed. The fourth is just a generic Chinese glow-in-the-dark set in purple. I think they glow green or yellow but would have to check to confirm.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
You got two correct - Festive Violet and Gemini Violet-Red. The others are Leaf Fuchsia and the oop Chessex Rainbow Amethyst w/black. Ghostly Glow Pink has silver ink and is more pink than this.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
No, actually it's a set exclusive to Viridian Dice (called Space Invader), but the Infinity shaped d4s are very similar.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
These look really cool, but if you're still looking for other dice, have you checked out Die Hard Dice's AfterDark series? Perfect textmarker colours.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I do. Many of them.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
If you think this is a large number of dice, I don't think you've met any dice collector yet.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
You'd have to commission a dice handmaker or 3D printing designer since that's pretty much impossible to create in a mass production setting. A d60 mould is unusual and would be something really specific and it'd probably be expensive as a bespoke handmade item.
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Fancy an espresso macchiato? #dice #polyhedrals #MiniPolyhedrals #Chessex
An espresso cup containing brown and milky white mini polyhedral dice (to simulate an espresso macchiato) with two lit candles in the background arranged on a wooden board, lit in a way that it expresses a cozy atmosphere
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Tama Grey @subtlegrey.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Intersex Pride flag-inspired dice palette! What other pride flags would you like to see in dice form? Let me know in the comments (or via DM)! #DICE #pride #dicecollection #dicedragon #d10s #ttrpgdice #dnddice #rpgdice #intersexpride
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
🥳 It's always an epic win when dice trades come together and you can complete a whole line of oop dice: Crystal Caste Ice Cream #dice #dicecollector
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Trapped Under Dice @redshirt907.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Audible gleam #dice #photography #sunshine #dnd #handmadedice
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Trapped Under Dice @redshirt907.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
“We are now entering the Mutara Nebula.” -Spock #chessex #nebula #dice #dnd #startrek
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Critical Fail 🎲 @criticalfail.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Makes sense! And even though I'm not a dicemaker, I can definitely empathise with the bUt aRe tHeY bAlAnCeD thing. It gets discussed in all the dice collecting and other TTRPG spaces. Every time I see someone mention the salt water test as a reliable testing method, I wanna scream.
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