These LED dice can electrify your next DND campaign

Sometimes it feels good to get away from technology a bit, settle in with a few friends, and just play a whole other role using pen, paper, and lots of dice. But if it’s a little bit low-fi for you, it’s always there Pixels, A new set of electronic dice with built in Bluetooth and RGB LED lighting. Dice has launched on Kickstarter, with prices starting at $ 39. As of this writing, more than 14,000 people have already supported the project totaling more than $ 2 million.

The main attraction here is the clearly colored RGB lighting, which will be customizable and programmable through a companion app to the manufacturer’s systemic games promises. The pixels are waterproof as well, charging wirelessly through companion charging cases, and if you’re ready to live without lighting, the charge can go on for about five hours or more. A range of die styles are available, including D20, D12, D10, D8, D6 and D4.

Picture: Systemic Games

But to me, the most interesting thing about Dice is that they will apparently be able to communicate with Roll 20, Foundry and other online platforms that let you play tabletop games on the Internet. Currently a service like Roll20 either relies on a virtual dice roll, or rolls a traditional dice and then reports back to its game master. In contrast, Pixels can provide the best of both worlds by allowing you to roll out physical death and automatically report the result.

Yes, there are a lot of obvious jokes about not being able to play pen-and-paper RPGs because your dice have not been charged. But if you feel like it has Bluetooth-enabled dice that glow like Christmas trees, the Pixels are available on Kickstarter until April 8. A dye (including charger) starts at $ 39, or you can get a set of seven dice and a charging case of $ 199. All general warnings about supporting Kickstarter apply, but if planning all pixels needed Ships in about 12 months.