Recycled Acrylic (PMMA) Gaming Dice

After successfully funding master unit die frames and insert molds for our InFUNity Tiles, Replay Workshop's next crowdfunding campaign will be to make mold inserts for sets of polyhedral dice, the kind used for Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop games. I'd like to see the game hobby move entirely to recycled material for dice -- as far as I know, some people may use some in-factory regrind, but otherwise it's virgin PMMA that goes into the mass-manufactured dice; and the specialty craftspeople typically use thermoset resins in silicone molds. For now I've just sent up a landing page where people can sign up to be notified when the campaign launches. Tentatively aiming for a March 2024 campaign, though that may change. If you're interested, here's the link - please feel free to share! https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/6c453a1f-7df1-40ed-bd7a-48d526ab4100/landing?ref=PPDiscord

Get Ready for Replay Workshop Recycled Polyhedral Dice

From Atlas Games - Get Ready for Replay Workshop Recycled Polyhedral Dice

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I love this! Out of curiosity do you do the salt water test to check balance in the dice?

I'm not familiar with that! I would say that in the eight-sided dice we've made in our benchtop machine from polypropylene, I would not wager any money on them being perfectly balanced. We are definitely not aiming for casino-grade dice at this point.

oh let me see if i can find a video. it's kind of a cheap home method of testing dice balance. obvs not casino grade but relatively balanced for tabletop gaming

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5:16 PM

dunno if it still holds up given how long ago it was but this would be a good place to start https://youtu.be/_HhFz7fsFKk?si=-01bHwAeJwzsWKOj

Rybonator

How To Check The Balance Of Your Dice | DIY Easy Trick

ChaoticGacha

oh let me see if i can find a video. it's kind of a cheap home method of testing dice balance. obvs not casino grade but relatively balanced for tabletop gaming

(As an aside, I once gifted a fist-sized D20 to a player who rolled, veiled behind hand, an inordinate number of critical hits. They never used it.)

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JohnNephew

I'm not familiar with that! I would say that in the eight-sided dice we've made in our benchtop machine from polypropylene, I would not wager any money on them being perfectly balanced. We are definitely not aiming for casino-grade dice at this point.

You'll definitely want to do some tests, players can get pretty heated about their dice -- if the product isn't seen as "fair" it'll get a bad reputation.

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Christopher - Unmake Plastic

(As an aside, I once gifted a fist-sized D20 to a player who rolled, veiled behind hand, an inordinate number of critical hits. They never used it.)

I had a player who brought the most infinitesimally small dice imaginable, clear with unpainted numbers. He would make his roll, immediately scoop the dice up, peer at it, and throw them down in disgust while announcing "I missed" or "I failed". Many times I'd pry the roll result out from him and discover that the result was actually a success. The platonic opposite of a dice cheater.

9:56 PM

on topic, I'd love to be able to put bad dice in a box and mail them back to you for regrind, pour encorager les autres

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RRAMAGE

I had a player who brought the most infinitesimally small dice imaginable, clear with unpainted numbers. He would make his roll, immediately scoop the dice up, peer at it, and throw them down in disgust while announcing "I missed" or "I failed". Many times I'd pry the roll result out from him and discover that the result was actually a success. The platonic opposite of a dice cheater.

This would be a fun service to offer at conventions...set up a grinder to execute wicked dice on the spot

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I think a portable plastic shred station at conventions would be pretty based anyway

Im not gonna make stinky acrylic but would totally make polypropylene dice out of cups and straws and takeout containers people brought me