Tag Archives: Dice

Happy Birthday, 6d6 Style

It’s my birthday today and what does my partner do to celebrate it? She bakes me a cake. A 6d6 dice cake. Me and My Cake. I suspect it won’t roll as well as the official 6d6 dice but it tastes a hell of alot better.

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Sneak Peak – Library Cards and Dice

A quick sneak peek at some of the new 6d6 products coming soon. Very soon, if you are coming to Con-Quest. Library Cards 6d6 Library Cards with a pen for scale. The library cards are a way of buying the entire range of 6d6 PDFs in one go. These 1GB USB drives will contain all [...]

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(D)Ice House

These dice houses are on a frozen lake, From the maker: The DICEHOUSES Shanty reminds folks that there is no more efficient source of warmth than sitting across the table from one’s family, some good friends or strangers and playing some good ol’ table top games. Each of the 5 DICEHOUSES is stocked with The [...]

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Quick Roll

Next-Gen Dice Roller for the iPhone Chris Redford sends us word of his new dice rolling app for the iPhone Quick Roll. Rather than just display a pretty picture of dice moving with realistic physics, Quick Roll appears to mange all your dice rolls quickly and easily. Here, watch the video: Personally, I don’t see [...]

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D&D Dice

Dice in D&D are a life or death matter so what are best dice and how do you get the best from your dice? What Are The Dice in D&D? Platonic Solids and Trapezohedra A platonic solid is one where each face is made up of equal sides and angles plus all the corners between [...]

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Roleplaying

When I sit and ponder the games I am involved in, a lot of the time is invariably given over to considering the relationships my characters have with others in the game world. Whether it is about understanding the plot or deciding what direction to take, I spend far more time on this than planning [...]

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Is This The World's Oldest D20?

This Roman D20, dated to the 2nd century AD was found in Egypt during the 1920′s. Presumed to have been used in gambling games of some sort, it is 5.2cm tall, made of glass with a distinct symbol on each side and was sold at auction for $17,925. I had no idea that D20s, or [...]

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Welcome to 6d6Fireball.com

This is the very first post of the new Role-playing games web site 6d6Fireball.com. Obviously there is absolutely nothing here yet and the design looks awful. All that will be changing over the next few weeks.

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