Oh yuck. The render and artwork for the box shows just the numbers illuminating, meanwhile the actual die just shoots light out of every surface. Horrible.
I actually backed their Kickstarter, and after several years of delay received 2 d20s.
I ordered mine with opaque surfaces so the light only shines through the numbers. The app has no payment or subscription, but allows you to customise the lights to be different depending on what you roll (like a crit or a nat 1 for example). They were also supposed to connect to roll20 but i don't think that ever rolled out. They also work without charge because the numbers remain visible, even when not illuminated.
All said, expensive shiny dice are very shiny, not worth the time/money, but very shiny.
Love how the indentations in the top part of the case don't at all match the dice on the bottom side of the case. Not the right positions. Not the right shapes. There aren't even the same number of them! Seven dice in the bottom, but only six indentations in the top!
I love that the D10 fits in a hole that is a pentagon, but the hole is rotated 72° such that a corner of the die aligns with the center of a hole-edge.
It's the price you pay if you're the kind of idiot who has to get the super techy luxury version of something that works amazingly well and functions perfectly fine at $1.
Literally one of the cheapest parts of tabletop games, and 100% functional at less than a buck or two. It'll last your entire life too, if you're careful. If you make a fancy electronic version you can charge whatever the fuck you want because the person already decided they'll pay more than 100x what they need to for luxury they don't need.
They are pretty expensive, but considering each die has to have Bluetooth capabilities and a way to detect the result so it can transmit it, I'm surprised they're not more expensive.
For $49.99 extra, they'll include an extra little inertial motor inside each die that connects to your app and makes sure it lands on the number you want.
I have those!
The d12 doesn't charge anymore after a few months, though. Sucks.
EDIT I think people haven't bothered to check what product this is, annoying as this is I think I'll do myself and others a favour by explaining what this is:
These are dice with LEDs in them, a sensor that tells when it hits a hard surface, and transparent digits on them. When you roll them, the sensor picks us a hit and the LEDs make the numbers blink for a few seconds. They come with a case you can connect via USB-C, each shape in the case has a charging pin, touching a small, metal surface on each die, through which they charge. In my case, even though the d12 is in the right position in its shape, it no longer charges. It's still a black die with transparent digits, it just doesn't blink, anymore.
Or is it Bluetooth connection to your phone so a proprietary app can harvest data "track rolls to improve user experience" while just giving you an easy way to reference previous rolls?
I'm actually curious, I can't imagine why dice would need to charge unless they're light up.
And now I want a pair of light up dice that are brass and have some kind of draconic theme with bones and scales to make the number indicators...
48 Comments
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev · 72 pts · 94d
"Roll for initiative."
"Sorry, give me just a minute. I got logged out of my dice."
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 34 pts · 94d
Better than "sorry, my d20 is disabled until I pay my yearly subscription fees, though they say d20+ rolls better"
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev · 12 pts · 94d
"You should get the Electrum tier. It comes with a +5 to all d20 rolls. It's only $80 a month if you do a 5 year plan."
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 94d
Every 1 is an unskippable ad
5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org · 29 pts · 94d
You think this is a joke? It’s not.
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 94d
RamSwamson@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 93d
Oh yuck. The render and artwork for the box shows just the numbers illuminating, meanwhile the actual die just shoots light out of every surface. Horrible.
FoolishSage@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 88d
I actually backed their Kickstarter, and after several years of delay received 2 d20s. I ordered mine with opaque surfaces so the light only shines through the numbers. The app has no payment or subscription, but allows you to customise the lights to be different depending on what you roll (like a crit or a nat 1 for example). They were also supposed to connect to roll20 but i don't think that ever rolled out. They also work without charge because the numbers remain visible, even when not illuminated.
All said, expensive shiny dice are very shiny, not worth the time/money, but very shiny.
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 26 pts · 93d
Love how the indentations in the top part of the case don't at all match the dice on the bottom side of the case. Not the right positions. Not the right shapes. There aren't even the same number of them! Seven dice in the bottom, but only six indentations in the top!
TheOakTree@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 92d
I love that the D10 fits in a hole that is a pentagon, but the hole is rotated 72° such that a corner of the die aligns with the center of a hole-edge.
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 21 pts · 94d
They are pretty cool tbh but the price is a yikes https://gamewithpixels.com/
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social · 23 pts · 94d
Wow. Saw the price and thought, "That's not bad, really." Then I realized that was for one die, not the whole set.
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 10 pts · 94d
Actually comparable for a lot of specialty dice. Which do tend to be a lot.
Chais@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 94d
The difference is that you don't have to replace your specialty dice after 2 years or so, because the battery died.
terranoid@lemmy.cafe · 16 pts · 94d
It's the price you pay if you're the kind of idiot who has to get the super techy luxury version of something that works amazingly well and functions perfectly fine at $1.
Literally one of the cheapest parts of tabletop games, and 100% functional at less than a buck or two. It'll last your entire life too, if you're careful. If you make a fancy electronic version you can charge whatever the fuck you want because the person already decided they'll pay more than 100x what they need to for luxury they don't need.
ddplf@szmer.info · 2 pts · 94d
MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 94d
They are pretty expensive, but considering each die has to have Bluetooth capabilities and a way to detect the result so it can transmit it, I'm surprised they're not more expensive.
Chais@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 94d
That is ridiculously gimmicky.
jagermo@feddit.org · 3 pts · 94d
They also work with foundry vtt, I think.
gedfromgont@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 94d
Looks very very cool and I am 100% certain after about 5 minutes of looking at it you had enough.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 20 pts · 93d
They heard someone say "RGB needs to die already" and misunderstood the assignment.
voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 94d
Well that's one way to have exploding dice
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 3 pts · 94d
Like this?
https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0629.html (and the next 3 pages)
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 93d
Would this not make the dice much harder to have a balanced weight?
There is no way the internal battery is symmetrical in every direction.
Minnels@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 93d
As someone who is extremely unlucky with dice and bought balanced ones for a ton of money, if someone told me I had to use these, I would just leave.
(The balanced dice actually works for me)
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 4 pts · 93d
It's not a bug, it's a feature!
For $49.99 extra, they'll include an extra little inertial motor inside each die that connects to your app and makes sure it lands on the number you want.
noodohs@ttrpg.network · 2 pts · 93d
For Pixels, at least, a great deal of effort went in to making them perfectly balanced.
TheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 94d
I got a set of these as a present, they stopped charging and broke before I ever got to use them
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 94d
So close... Almost there... Unf, just a little more... All the way in... Yeah, wiggle it just like that, and... YES! YES, I AM! OHGODStheCHARGE! 🎉
lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network · 5 pts · 94d
I have those! The d12 doesn't charge anymore after a few months, though. Sucks.
EDIT I think people haven't bothered to check what product this is, annoying as this is I think I'll do myself and others a favour by explaining what this is:
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 93d
Did it get stuck on a low number?
lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network · 0 pts · 92d
See my edit, I hope this clears it up.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 92d
Lol it was a joke like it couldn't roll if it was broken. How can a dice like that be stuck on a number 😁 eh
lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network · 2 pts · 91d
Ah, it seemed to me you thought it had displays and determined numbers from a software RNG Now I got the joke 😁
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 91d
Hmm Lord Ryvan rolled yet another 20 with his display + rng dice. A bit suspicious I think. It's a d12...
festnt@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 93d
do the holes in the upper lid also not match the bottom
lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network · 1 pts · 92d
See my edit, I hope this clears it up.
festnt@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 90d
i know what it is, i was just making fun of the image in the OP because the holes don't match the dice
lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network · 1 pts · 90d
I mean, I guess they fit over the dice okay, no?
festnt@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 89d
not the ones in OP's image
Firoaren@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 94d
Unfortunately they're not shipping to the US because of tariffs right now, excepting what arrived before tariffs. Ask me how I know
Etterra@discuss.online · 0 pts · 93d
Are we sure this isn't AI slop?
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · -8 pts · 94d
AI slop.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 94d
No, real. I have a set of these.
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 94d
So like..... Do they light up?
Or is it Bluetooth connection to your phone so a proprietary app can
harvest data"track rolls to improve user experience" while just giving you an easy way to reference previous rolls?I'm actually curious, I can't imagine why dice would need to charge unless they're light up.
And now I want a pair of light up dice that are brass and have some kind of draconic theme with bones and scales to make the number indicators...
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 94d
That's all mine does is light up. No BT
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 94d
Neat!
How sad is it that my first thought was data harvesting bluetooth app... Everything is enshitfified.
A light up metal set sounds cool.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 94d
Really? You can’t envision a way these could be real?
cravl@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 94d
This picture at least makes zero sense, I'll give you that.