Prepare to Encounter Dice on Kickstarter
August 23, 2013 by dracs
Pyre Studios have been working on an exciting new range of artistic dice, which they have named the Encounter Dice and have recently announced the date they will be rolling onto Kickstarter.
The idea behind these artistic dice is to help DMs to quickly and easily generate whatever it is they might need for their games, with sets tailored around everything from NPC generation to spell casting.
The idea behind these dice is simple and I know that some people might not like the prospect of using them as they might believe it would take away some of the creative aspects. However, where these might really shine is in creating and tailoring singular adventures really quickly so that you can get playing as soon as possible.
While this might not be as suited to longer campaigns DMs could easily use these to create the basis for single adventures, or even provide them with some inspiration for the next part of their story.
The NPC ones might be particularly useful as it is pretty much impossible to predict the way a story can pan out, often forcing a DM to create rules for a character on the fly.
Still, I wouldn't normally be inclined to pick these up myself, but the artwork does show a fair amount of promise.
Combined with the cards which are included in the sets this leaves me interested in seeing what the final product might be like with help from Kickstarter.
Would these be a worth while investment for your gaming sessions?
Main issue with these are the fact that they are printed dice whi h do not last very long when gaming. Dont get me wrong, they look awesome when they are brand new and the art work is amazing.
Hey folks! Thanks for the article and the comments. When we looked at getting this up and running we did run through a Pro/Con list. these can be found on the website; http://encounterdice.com/the-dice/our-pro-list/ – http://encounterdice.com/the-dice/our-con-list/
More info as we have it!
Sam: The future for this range heads into steampunk and sci-fi 😉
It’s a valid concern broadside however while etched dice, by their very nature, are longer lasting they are limited by the technology used, come in single colours and cannot give you the best definition possible for an image. Cast dice suffer from the same issues. As Encounter Dice are not intended for as frequent use as regular dice we see this as a small issue.
This is live now. I think it looks pretty sweet. i’m in.
Update on the Encounter DIce. Darren, the creator of this Kickstarter, fulfilled about HALF of his orders, leaving many contributors, especially those that live in America, with nothing. He took down his facebook page and has not replied to the many messages he has received in the months since the successful completion of the project. He was reported for not fulfilling his end of the agreement and will not be allowed to create anything else on Kickstarter. It is a shame. He seemed very friendly in the beginning, and the product was a clever one. I am personally disgusted that… Read more »