Talking Dice

Each week we explore the exciting world of Dice Making, Dice Collecting and Tabletop RPG. We talk to makers, industry professionals and collectors to bring you a unique perspective into the exciting world behind your favourite games. Hosted by A.J Weatherall, the author behind the best-selling "Critmaker Guide to Dice Craft", the show helps to shine a light on the incredible artists behind your favourite dice.

Peta, the Purveyor of Polymer Polyhedrons with Archival Dice

On today’s episode we’re chatting to Peta the wonderful human and artist behind Archival Dice. Based in the Blue Mountains in Australia, Archival has been dazzling the ‘gram with her incredible polymer clay dice. Full of laughter and fun, this episode is sure to be a personal favourite!

09-18
56:35

Salt, Leather and Mead with Salty Stormtooper Dice Designer

Kicking off his career in dice design with the Revell Broker Productions, David is making out of this world dice that show us that dice don't need to be constrained to the same boring 7 shapes! Ex-Marine and life-long artist, David has dabbled in a host of artistic pursuits from digital design, painting, drawing, leather-working and even mead making.

09-04
41:09

Dice, Fashion and a Touch of the Theatre with Enchanted Serpent Dice

On today’s episode we’re chatting to Yolandie from Enchanted Serpent Dice. Dice maker, personal stylist, theatre performer and regular star on the actual play / audio drama what’s in the rift.

08-26
53:34

R.P.Geeeee is that a SPIDER?!?! with The Ravensridge Emporium

Episode Summary In today's episode we're chatting to the delightful Brandon and Jessie from The Ravensridge Emporium! Fellow Aussies, Dice makers, purveyors of insect oblivion and the brains behind the wildly successful kickstarter, Cartograph, a solo, map-making RPG. “You can follow the journey of my hyper-fixations. So yeah, there's dice making, decorative potions, Etymology….”.. wait, what? “Yeah, one day I just woke up and I was like, bugs are cool, so I started going ham on them. You know, like little domes and the frames that you often see in, like, tattoo parlours, with a insect spread out.” Brandon chimed in “I'm surprised you didn't talk about the other new one you're doing. Which? The one where you bought a bunch of those tiny, like, human figurines for dollhouses. She's going to put them all in a pile, cover them in blood, and have an insect on top.” instagram.com/theravensridgeemporium https://www.twitch.tv/winterstales instagram.com/winterwyrmling https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/MidnightRitual dtwentysauceco.com.au https://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/pages/mothership-rpg https://magpiegames.com/pages/bluebeards-bride https://www.onethousandrats.com/ https://storybrewersroleplaying.com/

07-30
40:08

Digging Too Deep with R.G. Dice Boutique

“I want to see how deep I can dig into my craft.. I will find a Balrog one day!”. Raquel is a multi-disciplined artist. A painter, sculptor, illustrator, story teller and deep-down nerd who fell into dice making… and we’re all glad she did! Raquel shows us the true meaning of functional fine art through her incredible stained glass and sculpted dice. Episode Links instagram.com/rg_diceboutique/ instagram.com/crownandbeaudice/ decusdice.com/ instagram.com/alchemical_gems/ instagram.com/jimmusilpainter/

07-12
40:32

Wishes and Washi Tape with The Dice Djinn

Hollie laughs "I have no style!" but with over 12k followers on Instagram and nearly 800 five star Etsy reviews it's pretty clear that her fans disagree. Learn hollies secrets to success and why it's not all about getting new customers! Love the talking dice podcast? Consider supporting us on Patreon or Ko-Fi and helping pay for the costs and overheads involved with running this show. All for a bit of pocket change each month! Check out talkingdice.co for more details! Episode Links https://www.instagram.com/thedicedjinn/ https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/TheDiceDjinn https://www.instagram.com/deep.sea.dice/ https://www.instagram.com/transmutationdice/ https://www.instagram.com/infernalfoundry/ https://www.instagram.com/falselifedice/ https://www.instagram.com/archivaldice/

07-01
41:25

Sugar and Gloom with The Reliable Rogue

Nichelle jokes that people describe her dice as "Dark and Gloomy", but it's clear that she's anything but! We talk about art, inspiration and why cap moulds and Zona paper are the worst invention ever and why everyone needs a precision exacto knife! Love the talking dice podcast? Consider supporting us on Patreon or Ko-Fi and helping pay for the costs and overheads involved with running this show. All for a bit of pocket change each month! Check out talkingdice.co for more details! Episode Links https://www.instagram.com/thereliablerogue/ https://thereliablerogue.com/ https://www.revelbrokerproductions.com/ https://www.instagram.com/redwinedice/ https://www.instagram.com/adventurerskiln/ https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/TheSteepingDragon https://www.fiskars.com.au/products/creating/craft-knives/fingertip-control-knife

06-21
44:54

Faceted Perfection with Hedron Rockworks

Doug jokes "It's sanding rocks..", but with over 100k followers on Instagram and 200k on Youtube, we're all addicted to the absolute perfection of his faceted dice. Come meet the artist behind some of the worlds most incredibly viral dice making videos. Love the talking dice podcast? Consider supporting us on Patreon or Ko-Fi and helping pay for the costs and overheads involved with running this show. All for a bit of pocket change each month! Check out talkingdice.co for more details! Episode Links https://www.instagram.com/hedron.rockworks https://hedronrockworks.com/ https://www.patreon.com/HedronRockworks

06-12
40:45

Anarchy and Tech in the UK with ChickenWizardDice

In today's show, we're going to be chatting to George from Chicken Wizard Dice. With incredible splashes of color, graffiti and punk vibes, George is an absolute master of the Petri method.   Episode Links https://www.instagram.com/chickenwizarddice https://chickenwizarddice.etsy.com/

06-05
27:43

The Art of Ceramic Dice with Fighting Chance Studio

"Art, in a way, is the stuff that people decide to keep. " - Andy at Fighting Chance Studio brings humility, philosophy and a touch of whimsy to the dice making world with unique, glazed ceramic dice.  Love the talking dice podcast? Consider supporting us on Patreon or Ko-Fi and helping pay for the costs and overheads involved with running this show. All for a bit of pocket change each month! Check out talkingdice.co for more details! Episode Links https://www.instagram.com/fightingchancestudio/ https://fightingchancestudio.square.site/

05-29
41:16

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