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Dicember Day 16
Green Prism Dice.
(Obtained 2022 02, made by DeadEyeDice)



I don't play favourites with my dice.

Seriously, while I was doing the photography for this project, one of the best things about it was that I _didn't get bored_ --every time I pulled out a new set to document, I found myself rolling them around in my hands and admiring the sunlight and the shine. Marie Kondo would be proud of my collection, because nearly all of it sparks outrageous joy! I love all my dice sets very much, and could never choose a favourite!

...but I did take more photos of this set than any other, by like...an order of magnitude. When I finished photographing them, instead of putting them away, I set them to the side and then kept coming back and taking more pictures in between. They are _so gorgeous_.



And I do play favourites with manufacturers! There's a lot of dicemakers and distributers out there who I'm quite fond of, but a chance Etsy search looking for a present for my metamour let me stumble upon DeadEyeDice. They seemed legit, the prices were not at all bad for handmade¹, why not try it?

And then the package I received was *so* charmingly wrapped, with little bonus candies and trinkets thrown in, and at that point, I just gotta reward good customer service, right? R-right?

I'm pretty sure I am one of DeadEyeDice's nine people² and this set was probably the one that clinched it. I love so many of their sets, but this one just takes my breath away and fills my heart with calm every time I gaze upon it. Amazing work!

(I bought the mini-set in the same style, but it has not yet appeared in my Advent Calendar, so I'm impatiently awaiting that one. They sell a chonk d20, much larger than normal, and I am strongly thinking about buying that as well...)

( a few more pictures under here )

~Sor
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1: It's worth noting that part of why the prices are lower than many other shops offering handmade is because TJ does not polish the dice after removing them from the casts, and there are the occasional cracks or chips. I plain do not care about this, because the positives _far_ outweigh the negatives for me, but YMMV

2: Quoth [Title of Show], "I'd rather be nine people's favourite thing than a hundred people's ninth favourite thing".

Preface: Obviously I got a little behind on the calendar, so I'm just going to catch up with three days right now. Sorry about that! You'd think pre-writing would mean this wouldn't happen, but *shrug emoji*

Dicember Day 18
Toxic Green Skull Dice
(Obtained 2021 12, made by Dead Eye Dice)



So I am _picky_ about inclusions. In fact the original list of dice I was gonna post about included one set that I only felt so-so about, because it was everything I didn't like about dice with inclusions (too twee, not thought out enough with the positioning). This set was on the list specifically to contrast it!

This does inclusion right --the inclusion is distinct enough that you can pretty clearly see what's inside, without having to be careful with the positioning (although almost no inclusions photograph well in my experience). Oh, and for anyone worried about whether inclusions mess up the "fairness" of the die roll? Turns out that ~I don't care~ so never you mind your little head about it.

As a weirdo, I'm a sucker for a good skull, and these definitely get the job done! They are well placed within their dice, and the neon green slime swirl makes for an excellent bit of visual interest. They were one of the first DeadEyeDice sets I obtained, and still one of my favourites (in fact, they're one of my current purse-dice sets, so I always have a set on me!)

Somewhere waiting in the wings, I'm pretty sure I have a set of purple skull dice to find, and I love the idea of combining both sets and rolling me a genderqueer flag of skulls! C'mon, that sentence just feels _super_ metal, right?

(Edited to add later: As it turns out, the purple skulls are in the very current iteration of the incentivesbox! I have a d4 and a d6 and a d12! Genderqueer flag of skulls is gonna have to wait until I finish out this batch, hopefully by the end of January.)

~Sor
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