D&D Accessories: Dice Trays to Keep Your Rolls on the Level
Are metal dice scuffing up your dining room table? Habitually losing rolls and dice to the floor? You may be in need of a dice tray!
We’ve all been there. You’ve been playing D&D for hours, your party is staring down the gaping maw of Valenzhoth the Unknowable, you queue up the perfect spell, roll your die and…. it lands on the floor. No, that nat twenty doesn’t count, roll it again, on the table this time. But hey, at least none of the cats noticed and batted the die away like last time. Oh, spoke too soon. Don’t let this happen to you. Grab a dice tray and keep your D&D dice on the table and in play all session long.
1. Snap Open Dice Hexagon
This is the style of dice tray that I use, love, and can personally recommend. The leather and felt combo feels good to use, the snaps are sturdy, and when the night is over, they lay down flat to be slipped between source books and into a bag. This tray is one of the easiest to find out in the world, and compared to some other trays it has the fewest bells and whistles. But the functionality and price can’t be beat.
2. Rolling Tray And Storage
This dice tray is a slam dunk for me. The separated rolling area and storage ring are perfect, and the cover designs are colorful and fun. When you’re done gaming for the night, you can put the cover on, throw it in your bag and have everything together for next time. It’s convenient, it’s compact, and it serves a duel purpose. Plus if your party member doesn’t have a dice tray, the cap works great as a second rolling surface.
3. Dice Tray and Zipper Pouch
Another multitasker, this set will hold lots of your dice between sessions and includes a compact rolling tray for game time. But if you’re worried about your dice breaking free in your game back, this set has a zipper closure. It’s the smallest thing, but will bring so much peace of mind to the gamer on the go who’s spent too much money on dice to worry about how secure they are.
4. Darkwood Tabletop Dice Tray
I’ve recently been very interested in trays with a built-in separate place to store the dice you’re not rolling. Just last night, I had to re-roll a D8 because it landed in my pile of dice in the corner and managed to display a corner instead of any one number. So a separate place to keep the polyhedral that are waiting in the wings strikes me as a very good idea. These trays do that simply, cleanly, beautifully, and with several felt colors to chose from.
5. Double Sided Tray
This tray is built to be sturdy. Durable injection molded plastic with a double sided reversable neoprene rolling mat will keep your dice rolling for many campaigns to come. And if you get bored of the design, flip that mat to reveal the other side.
Do you use a dice tray? What kind is your preference? Did any of our picks make it onto your wish list? Let us know in the comments!
Happy Adventuring!
