I am... particular about my gaming dice. I don't just buy or use any old dice. My main set is a collection of Chessex sparkled dice, themed after the elements (fire, earth, air, and water) and a set of Q-Workshop dwarven runed Fudge Dice, from their first production run. I don't like other people using my dice, and I keep them in a custom embroidered Crown Royal bag which says, "TIM'S DICE, HANDS OFF." I have a whole separate bag of dice that I use as loaners and to store the dice I've acquired which don't make it into my main dice bag.
I say "particular", others might say "insane". I'm OK with that.
I was first exposed to Easy Roller Dice through their frequent sponsorship of Happy Jacks RPG Podcast, on which I am a part-time host. Being something of a dice snob and perfectly happy with the amount and quality of dice I owned, I honestly didn't pay them too much attention. But then they started showing up at my gaming table as most of the people I game with are also Happy Jacks related, and I couldn't help but notice them. I decided that should the opportunity present itself, I would get myself some Easy Roller dice.
Well, the opportunity presented itself, and I am now the proud owner of a set of pristine black smoke Easy Roller dice and a matching dice bag. Yes, they're the ones shown in the picture up above.
First off, the bag. This is a nice little dice bag! It's made of a thick, faux velvet, lined on the inside with a red, satin-esque material. The drawstrings are thick, and there's an Easy Roller Dice Co tag sewn into the side. This dice bag is going to hold up for a long while.
Now on to the dice themselves. They're really nice. The numbers are thickly and uniformly inked, and the white coloring makes for a nice contrast against the black smoke. They feel solid, but not overly heavy. They roll well, and by that I don't mean they provide the results I'm looking for. I mean that when you roll them, they roll exactly as much as they should. They don't stop short after a heavy "thunk", nor do they skitter all the way across the table. Universally they seem to be just a hair smaller than my Chessex dice, but that's only noticeable under close scrutiny.
All in all, I really like these dice, and I'm looking forward to using them in a game. They're certainly going to become a part of my main set, but they've given me a conundrum: I don't want to just throw the dice in my Crown Royal bag, but I don't want to shove another bag into it. So now I have to figure a way to integrate my Easy Roller dice into my main set. Like I said, I'm particular about my dice, heh.
And hey! Easy Roller Dice is once again offering a discount for Happy Jacks listeners. Simply enter the promo code "HAPPY" (minus the quotation marks) during checkout and receive a 20% discount on your entire order. You can snag a single set of dice, a bag of 6 complete sets of dice (42 individual dice), or one of their brand new gaming mats. Check them out at: http://www.easyrollerdice.com.
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