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Zom-B-Gone Day 03 – Still no zombies

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This entry is part 3 of 7 in the series Zom-B-Gone Review

While I can safely report no zombies on day three (boring I know…) we did have an interesting discussion over lunch at work. Where are the Vampire Repellent soaps? I thought that that was a very good question. There was … Continue reading

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Custom Nerd Jewelry – Chessex Polyhedral Dice Pendants

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Long promised on their home page, Chessex (our favorite dice people…) have finally released their gaming dice jewelry.  As of writing their website still says they are coming soon, but order numbers and pictures are available in their catalog (link … Continue reading

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Upcoming post – Zombie Repellent Soap Roadtest

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Just today our ‘office’ made an order at Geeky Clean for their Zom-B-Gone soap. Apparently this soap will help repel zombies and we think that that is awesome. We, of course, want to make sure that this claims actually hold … Continue reading

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iPhone Dice Roller: dynamicDice

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One of the great perks of writing for the Dice of Doom blog is getting asked to play with loads of iPhone dice rollers. We get a few gentle requests to try a new one out, and generally speaking we … Continue reading

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iPhone RPG dice roller ‘Pip’ reminds us simple is often better

A few days ago the developers of iPhone polyhedral dice rolling application ‘Pip’ (Mystery Coconut) sent me a request to look at their application and offer my thoughts. Well, we have had a play around with it and we have … Continue reading

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iPhone Polyhedral (RPG) Dice Rolling Applications

Some of you might remember my previous rant on this topic. Back when the iPhone 2.0 was released, the App Store contained a pretty poor collection of RPG dice rollers. And some were asking extraordinary amounts for them. Well, that … Continue reading

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New uses for your iPhone Dice Apps

TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) has an article by one of their many resident nerds about new games to play using the multitude of Dice Rolling Apps available on the iPhone. Some of these are amusing. I myself, have posted … Continue reading

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Very very pretty dice

My very very pretty Elven Dice from Q-Workshop arrived the other day. These are absolutely beautiful. Each set that they produce is extraordinarily detailed and perfectly cut. Currently they produce dice themed for Cthulhu and Munchkin (big dice that show … Continue reading

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Rolling with purpose…

When I roll for my character to hit something, I really want to mean it. Seriously, big dice are awesome. There’s something tremendously rewarding about knocking over models, glasses, plates and anything else that gets in the way whenever your … Continue reading

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Unbelievably sucky state of iPhone Dice Rollers

Update: The situation has improved immensely since this post was written. While I don’t think that dice rollers on your phone will ever replace the tactile awesomeness of rolling a handful of dice, I have investigated the growing number of … Continue reading

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