RPG Evolution: Last Minute Dice Gifts for Gamers (2025)

Know a tabletop gamer who loves dice? Of course you do! But did you buy them a gift? Here's some ideas. Please Note: If you're reading this now the timeline is likely tight, so your best bet is to ship it when you can and then blame Amazon for the delay.

Polyhedral Christmas Dice ($8)​

These dice likely have very limited use, but if you've got a holiday game, they're perfect.

Critical/Fumble Coin ($10)​

I used to make fun of these coins (do we REALLY need a crit/fumble coin?) until I started using one as a reminder my players to use Heroic Inspiration. The weight of this sucker ensures they NEVER forget they have it.

Puppy Dice Trays ($10)​

Dice trays can be anything, so why not make dog lovers happy with a pair of puppy-shaped dice trays?

Polyhedral Metal Sword Dice ($16)​

For the fighters and paladins in your life (or maybe the warlocks who love their pact weapons), this metal set has the look and feel of bladed weapons.

Polyhedral Metal Bard Dice ($20)​

These musical-themed dice don't just have a lyre-style motif, they also jingle when you roll them. If you ever wanted your bard to be more annoying--I mean musical!--this is one way to do it!

Six-Sided Red Dragonscale Dice ($20)​

Six six-sideds with red dragon scales and slashes for pips? What DM doesn't dream of rolling these babies for their dragon's breath weapon? Just note that even wyrmlings breathe seven dice of damage; a small price to pay when you start tallying up the damage.

Polyhedral Glitter Cat Dice ($23)​

If you know someone who loves cats and dice, or cats that love dice (my Loki has his own set he regularly flings around the room), this set will commemorate the chaos.

Polyehdral Bronze Dragon Dice ($23)​

If you've got metallic dragons, you need metallic dragon dice, natch.

Bronze Dice Spinners ($29)​

Are you sick of having dice roll and then bounce off the table? These handsome spinners solve that problem by getting ride of dice altogether.

 

[sevenbastard]

, there's a significant chunk of players who feel the same way. Especially readable dice are out there as a thing

And that one player who has dice you can't read from more than a foot away, always rolls high, and picks his dice up super quick.

 

[MGibster]

Some of these dice look very cool, but I’m also starting to think I’m the only one who prefers ultra-readable dice: big numbers, high contrast, no embellishments

You are not the only person. I've bought a few gimmick dice over the years, including a $50 metal dice set more than twenty years ago, and they just sit in my dice bag unloved and unused. At least they did. I recently took them out of my bag and they're sitting on my desk. I'm contemplating just throwing them away.

 

[doctorhook]

You'd be surprised how many players I get in my games now who just come to show off their dice, and have far more sets than they can possibly use. I'm the same though, I'll take legible numbers any day.

I can understand that too, it is fun to get new dice. With veteran players, I suspect that many of us have acquired enough dice over the years that “new dice” just doesnt have quite the same appeal anymore.

There's one brand, I forget the name, who seems to use O characters instead of 0 on their dice, and it just irks me whenever I see it. They're pretty popular too, judging by how frequently I see it.

Man, remember when you there were, like, two companies for polyhedral dice?? Now it seems like hundreds.

And that one player who has dice you can't read from more than a foot away, always rolls high, and picks his dice up super quick.

I can relate. I know people say “Just trust your players!” but I learned this hobby with a bunch of cheating sneaky bastards, lol. So I still prefer when my players’ dice are readable from across the table. Call it a trauma reaction.

 

[doctorhook]

You are not the only person. I've bought a few gimmick dice over the years, including a $50 metal dice set more than twenty years ago, and they just sit in my dice bag unloved and unused. At least they did. I recently took them out of my bag and they're sitting on my desk. I'm contemplating just throwing them away.

Cheers, friend.

But don’t throw them away! Donate them to some player who might use them, it’s better than the waste.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

You are not the only person. I've bought a few gimmick dice over the years, including a $50 metal dice set more than twenty years ago, and they just sit in my dice bag unloved and unused. At least they did. I recently took them out of my bag and they're sitting on my desk. I'm contemplating just throwing them away.

Donate them to your local high school D&D club. I gave a bunch of my unused surplus dice to the local club and they were thrilled.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Man, remember when you there were, like, two companies for polyhedral dice?? Now it seems like hundreds.

It exploded during the pandemic. I assume there was a subreddit explaining how to make dice, because suddenly, everyone on Etsy was selling them, often with the same inclusions they clearly got from a recipe somewhere. (Little baby ducks, seashells and sand, tiny skulls, etc.)

 

[doctorhook]

It exploded during the pandemic. I assume there was a subreddit explaining how to make dice, because suddenly, everyone on Etsy was selling them, often with the same inclusions they clearly got from a recipe somewhere. (Little baby ducks, seashells and sand, tiny skulls, etc.)

Must’ve been something like that, you’re right they all came out of nowhere. I think it might slightly predated the pandemic though, I remember looking at such dice around Xmas 2019. No doubt that the pandemic-era “I need a side-hustle” culture just turbocharged it, the same way that D&D got turbocharged during the same period.