Short & Sweet: Dice for New Players


If you regularly bring new players into the TTRPG fold, or are a new player yourself, I've found nothing better—and this is what they call them on the Chessex website, than the Prism Translucent GM & Beginner Player Polyhedral 7-Die Set (yes, that is the name they decided to go with). Despite the unnecessarily longwinded epithet, they really are one of the best tools I've found for new players. It's not the dice themselves that are superior for new players, but rather the simple application of color matching for quick reference during play.

Knowledge often taken for granted is that dice beyond the d6 are generally unknown. New players have to acclimate to all the funny little polyhedrons and their seductive clickity-clackity. I can say from experience it is not only easier, but a massive timesaver when you can just say, "Roll the red one," instead of waiting for the new player to sus out what you mean by, "Roll the d20."

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