"You can never have enough dice" and when Mystery Dice Goblin reached out and asked me to review their dice bags I jumped at the chance.
Retailing at a very reasonable £4.50 per set with free shipping these blind bags are an excellent choice for birthdays or to give as Xmas Gifts. Lets open those sealed bags and see what we got.
Set 1 - Green / White Marble
This is a pretty solid starter set, although my particular preference is for solid or gem dice they certainly stand out in a crowded dice bag. The consistency of the marbling is 50/50 as some dice seemed to get much more of the green juice on one side than others. The choice of gold number ink is great on the heavy green sides but leans to illegibility in places just purely due to the randomness of the marbling.
Set 2 - Red Arcane
This set appears to be slightly larger than the other two and they are quite pretty. A good choice if you are playing a horror inspired RPG like Ravenloft or Call of Cthulhu. The numbers are well positioned and sufficiently unobscured by the "runes" which feature on every side.
Gold and red are a classic combo and lead to highly legible dice.
Set 3 - Blue and Gold Sparkly Dice
Finally we get to my favourite set which are a blue gem style dice with yellow gold sparkles. These pop right out of the box and I really like the "blackletter" style numbers inked in white. Highly legible from every angle these will certainly get some table time in my next game.
Bonus Gift - D&D Enamel Mystery Pin - £5.50
Whilst the Mystery Goblin's are clearly cornering the market with blind bag random number generators, it's not their only offering. They treated me to one of their enamel pins in the shape of the D&D Logo.
Measuring 30mm across it is tastefully decorated in Red and Blank enamel. The reverse has a single pin and clasp. I am pleased to report that the clasp is high quality with some sort of ruberised inside and so it should not fall off easily. Cheaper versions always seem to fail spectacularly so it's really good to see that some time and effort when into the choice of clasp here.
Even More Accessories Online
As I mentioned earlier, where Mystery Dice Goblin excels is in their wide range of gift sets perfect for every occasion and every gamer. My particular favourite is the Party Box of Holding which if I were 40 years younger would have been the perfect Xmas gift from one of my aunt's.
Chock full of dice, stickers, pins, item cards and a fresh character sheet, who wouldn't want one of those in your stocking. Heck, I should start dropping hints now as Secret Santa is fast approaching approaching.
