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  In 2018, Gary Con released a limited edition set of dice with colors matching the set packaged with Holmes Basic . These "Roll With ...

The above image, taken from a recent Ebay auction, shows the packaging for a 1982 DRAGON DICE BAG , a "Counted Cross Stitch Kit" f...

Over on Ebay, Jim Ward has been auctioning items accumulated from his career working at TSR, and among them I noted this early advertisement...

The Chit Sheets, Front and Back. Source:  The Dice Collector Later printings of the Holmes Basic D&D set came with an infamous sheet of ...

TSR's Dragon Dice (1981). Art by Jim Roslof. Detail of photo by Brian Stillman as found  here Dice Dragon Move : 60 feet/turn, 240 feet/...

C. P. dice (front) versus Holmes Basic dice (back). Source:  Playing at the World Jon Peterson has a new video on YT up looking at the dice...

Here's a great story by Mister Nizz on the Third Point of Singularity blog about his original set of low-impact D&D dice. From 2017,...

POLYHEDRA DICE by CREATIVE PUBLICATIONS ( photo source ) A suited man juggles five polyhedra dice - is this an early DM? No, more likely ...

As a follow-up to yesterday's post on the Marked 20-sided Die , here are some quotes from Gygax on his own Marked d20. Thanks to T. Fost...

TSR's original dice set  was included in Holmes Basic, Gamma World and sold separately In the 1970s, rolling 1-20 wasn't as straigh...

"At the end of each three turns the Dungeon Master can roll a die to see if a wandering monster has come down the corridor. A roll o...

This photo is courtesy of Will T. on G+, and shows the 1970s TSR 'Percentile Dice' (left) in comparison with the 'Polyhedra Dice...

In the early days my friend E.H. had the 1981 D&D Basic and Expert (B/X) sets, often knonw now as the  Moldvay Basic and Marsh/Cook Ex...

     Here's a nice picture of the "low impact" dice included with the Holmes Basic Set. On Flickr , found via Google Images. ...