Given how much of feline play and social behaviour are imitative in character, I feel like it shouldn't come as a surprise to gamers that their cats want to roll the shiny math rocks, too. Like, you demonstrated that this is a form of play and let them watch you do it. They're participating!

invented a game called “I throw dice at the cat”

hey your cat kinda lowkey was giving god of probability and gambling and chaos so i drew her. yeah.

Yep, Robbie leaked upcoming merch. XD Dorian dice, bottom center, with a mandolin on the d20.

This starts out as a nice gesture, then quickly becomes absolutely ridiculous.

1,024 dice. Man.

The transition from innate human kindness wanting to pass something forward and monkey brain want make chaos is really sharp and sudden.

Also from "Oh I want those dice so bad, but...!" to "Oh that is too many dice." (After a more gradual ramp up from "Not enough dice to tempt me".)

I read this bdsm story where the sub was told to roll some dice and the they'd have a reward of punishment based on the number rolled, right? Not that weird of a premise for this sort of thing.

EXCEPT they used two d6s! And I am too much of a tabletop gamer to let that shit slide.

That's not how you do it! You roll a d12 or something so that each possibility has a roughly equal likelyhood.

But 2d6 and 1d12 have completely different probability curves! Look, here's a meme:

See? The punishment/reward most likely is gonna be the one at 7.

Although, I mean... I guess you could argue that this let's you weight the results? Like make 2 and 12 the biggest punishment/reward, so they only rarely roll, whereas smaller punishments/rewards around 7 are more likely.

But I don't know. It seems you'd want to explain that if you did.

Ugh. Another bdsm scenario ruined by unrealistic statistics.

Painting dice is like painting glass and candy at the same time. IT'S SO MUCH FUN and SO TRICKY but I just want to EAT IT

CMY Dice Set

A set made with only the colours cyan, magenta and yellow, which combine to create a full rainbow.

Numbers still to be painted.

THIS FUCKING VIDEO MY FRIEND JUST SENT ME OF THE TUNGSTEN D20 HE BOUGHT

bonus: some screenshots of our discord conversation about it

Dungeons and Dragons Tarot: Wheel (Dice) of Fortune

orym - got his die ages ago from the air ashari and just keeps is cuz he likes it

fearne - has an entire bag of dice cuz she steals them but her favorite is the one made of sapphire with platinum plating on it cuz its shiny and expensive

dorian - he left any expensive dice he had when he left home but bought this one cuz he thought it looked nice 

imogen + laudna - they bought theirs as a pair later on after they started traveling together so they could play games on the road 

ashton - metal d20 with “fuck” on the one. self explanatory (probably had one of their buddies at the crook house cast it for him) 

fcg - doesnt actually own any of dice of their own but uses a simple black one ashton gave them

chetney - hand carved wooden d20 that is super unbalanced unintentionally

bonus: bertrand - a really fancy and heavy golden d20 that is intentionally unbalanced to roll more 20s 

Nordic Style Dice Sets

URWizards on Etsy

Sunrise / Sunset Dice Sets

Everything Dice Co on Etsy

dice palette: dawn fighter

quality dice shops masterpost (updated!)

based in the us: 

viridian gaming - great selection, has a lowest price match guarantee, free shipping on orders over $35

bryce’s dice - free shipping on orders over $10, quick to stock new dice, v low prices, good selection

dice emporium - can order singles, good selection, v low prices, free shipping over $35

die hard dice - free shipping on orders over $20, v nice exclusives, and basically always includes freebies 

cozygamer - great selection, pricier but has some v cool exclusives, free shipping over $35

ice cream dice - has dessert and pride themed exclusives, carries some curated hd sets, has subscription options

heartbeat dice - queer and bipoc owned with a variety of pride inspired exclusives

dice envy - also pricier but has v neat exclusives and the option to buy singles (also has a subscription box)

ogopogo gaming - smaller selection but has some cool exclusives

dark elf dice - slower to get new dice but has a p wide selection, decent prices

metallic dice games - same as above but has also done some cool kickstarters

misty mountain gaming - offers free shipping for both us and canadian orders over $15, has a decent selection and a lifetime warranty

based outside the us 

most of these i haven’t ordered from personally bc i’m us based but i have heard good things!

lindorm dice - sweden based, $4 shipping worldwide, decent selection

phoenix dice - taiwan based, focused on sustainability, smaller selection but has a good amount of newer dice and includes freebies with larger purchases

dice shop online- uk based, super wide selection, has the option to buy singles and has some out of print dice in their offers section

beholders gaze - uk based, gets new dice super soon upon release, v good selection

random encounter dice - australia based, seems to have a decent selection 

roll with advantage - australia based, smaller selection, has pride themed exclusives

q workshop - poland based, has v unique dice

little dragon corp - canada based, has some v cool exclusives and a good selection

libris arcana - canada based, decent selection, has some nice exclusives and a subscription box

critit - uk based, known for their “spirit of” line. also carries ice cream dice, little dragon corp, and heartbeat dice

behold games - australia based (not to be confused with uk based beholder games) with a super wide variety of dice

yvis nerd and geek world - germany based, good selection and great prices

dakota irish - ireland based, has a pretty decent selection and also has edible gummy dice

for even more options there’s also this list here! i would just personally advise against a couple companies on this list like kraken (and the other site they own, dice market) and artisan dice

[ID: A photo of the double Natural 20s Liam rolled during the filming of tonight’s episode! The left die is Indian agate in UR Wizards’ Astrology line, the right die is a blue sandstone. /end ID]

Hanukkah Sameach, to all my Jewish followers!

[id: a picture of yellow and blue dice arranged to look like a lit hanukkiah with blue candles on a white background. End Id]