If you read this blog regularly, you know I love retro dice. A year or so ago I backed the Kickstarter for a set of 80s D&D Adventures and character options and I finally got the dice that were the one physical item I backed. I absolutely love the design:

I especially love the cassette tape for the 20 spot on the d20. I’m now torn on my favorite retro dice. The VHS dice form 1985 games has the best case. I love the Miami-style dice as someone who grew up there, but these dice epitomize the color scheme of the early-to-mid 80s. Reminds me of the colors I would see on clothes and building decorations.

As an 80s kid, I recently got a couple dice sets that spoke to my childhood. First up is this set from 1985 games:

I saw this set one or two years ago on the 1985 Games site. I put it on my wishlist for a while because I loved the item for nostalgia, but I already have a lot of dice so I was hoping someone would get it for me. When it was recently on sale for half off, it was a no-brainer to get them. When I was a kid I remember the blank VHS tapes that we would buy to tape stuff off of TV would come in cases exactly like this one (and the other ones in their collection). I even associate some of the colors with Walgreens and others with Circuit City. But these dice aren’t only a nostalgia buy - they are also very sparkly and VERY sharp.

Free TTRPG Day Experience

This was my second year participating in Free TTRPG day. Last year I was in New York at the time and visited a shop in Brooklyn. This time I was home and decided to visit on of my local shops, Games and Stuff. The line had been long in 2025, but the shop in New York was tiny so I assumed the line, if one manifest would move rather quickly.

It’s the final day! We got the tiny dice! Let’s look at those and then let’s do our summary of this year’s dice advent calendar.

It’s the final die from the bloody metal set. What could be in the tomorrow’s door??

I was able to stay caught up today so let’s see what was in the flap!

It’s Sunday! Let’s get caught up on the the last 3 days’ dice!

Another busy period kept me from writing this blog post until I had 4 days of dice. However within these dice I found a nice little surprise among the dice I expected.

The charcoal set moves closer to completion with today’s die.

Although I found time to open up Friday’s door on the Advent calendar, I was a little too busy to edit the photos and write up the blog post, so once again we have a double-day post. Join me as we most past the halfway point of the calendar. (I can’t believe how close we are to Christmas!!)