In the wake of their success with the first Gelatinous Cube dice kickstarter, Severed Books is now following up with new versions of these massive 2″/51mm dice that can also be used as miniatures. There’s 4 days to go on this one, and it’s already fully funded. There’s also other options like a pipped d6 or a Fate d6. A single die (any of the 7 polyhedral shapes) will run you $39, a full polyhedral set $199. Due to the complexity of the electronic aspect, you’d imagine these don’t exactly run cheap. The dice themselves come in four different colours you can choose from: Onyx Black, Hematite Grey, Midnight Galaxy and Aurora Sky. The app’s API is open source, and they are currently working on getting Pixels Dice integrated into the popular virtual tabletop platforms Roll20, D&D Beyond and Foundry. The dice are said to last for 20,000 rolls with a single battery charge. There’s a battery included in each die, which can be recharged with a wireless charging station that will be included. The dice come with an app that lets you customize the colour of the lights, and the result of the die roll will also be transferred to the app via bluetooth and can be displayed on your mobile device. Pixels Dice are resin polyhedral dice with LEDs inside that make the numbers of the dice light up as you roll them. At over $3 million US dollars and more than 22,000 backers, this is one of the biggest dice Kickstarters in history. Pixels Dice started teasing their electronic dice probably a year ago, and people were already excited then. I may add my own commentary to the text if I’m not convinced about certain projects, but ultimately it’s at everyone’s own discretion whether they want to back any of these Kickstarters or not. I try my best not to list anything that looks dodgy or that I couldn’t in good conscience recommend, but it’s always possible that a project looks great on paper but ends up not delivering what it promises. The fact that I’m listing Kickstarters here doesn’t automatically mean I highly recommend them, or that they are trustworthy and legit. Scroll down for this month’s compilation of currently active dice Kickstarters. They are now available as 7-die polysets, 10 d10 sets, 16mm and 12mm bricks and also 30mm pipped dice. The new Nebula sets were released on March 11, as announced. Nothing exciting from Chessex this month. Products mentioned here are things I personally find interesting and would like to keep the dice community informed about. I don’t receive any payment or free products for any content in this newsletter. This newsletter is impartial, editorial content and is not aimed at commercially advertising products. Here’s all the dice releated news from March that have caught my eye.
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