Dropout Unleashes A ‘Box Of Doom’ Premium Dice Tower
by Anton Kromoff
Welcome to the table,
There are few things about the hobby of tabletop roleplaying that stir fond or fear-filled memories like those big dice rolls that come at make-or-break moments. I watched a campaign I was running for over a decade take a wild right turn that I, as the storyteller, and my players did not expect in a penultimate conflict between their legacy characters and the ultimate ‘big bad’ of the homebrew world.
My pal Bob always says “The dice tell the story.” He also says I toggle his dice on the VTT and that this is why he rolls under a ’10’ 85% of the time. While he is wrong about the toggle, he is spot on about the dice being a critical part of the storytelling and risk/reward relationship to gameplay at the table.
My pals over at Dropout have a little show you may have heard of called Dimension 20. The storyteller over there, one Brennan Lee Mulligan, has an absolutely double delightful way to roll the dice during those big story moments. That way comes in the form of a skull themed stone rimmed dice tower known as the Box of Doom.
The Box of Doom is beautifully crafted to resemble a looming skull mountain-esq edifice. It has been used to roll such important rolls as when the Bad Kids were rushing to get to their families in Fantasy High, or the moment the dice bounced off Daniel Fucks’s “diamonds” after being shot.
It’s this thing that is only brought out during special occasions and major story rolls and the fact it maintains that purpose gives it this almost relic-like status in our minds. It’s special. It means something. It’s an object of awe and fear and adds to the whole mystique of the random chance that the dice provide. Like Bob says… the dice tell the story.
The Box of Doom is such an iconic part of the TTRPG space. The fact that I have one sitting in my office just looming over me as I write makes me pretty darn happy. What also makes me happy is now you can have one as well!
While this version is a little smaller than Brennan’s very own BoD that is used in the show, this version is a worthy homage in all the ways that count. It looks like a rad ancient skull mountain, with a ton of smaller skulls adoring it that are painted really well, making it look like some ancient shrine or mound littered with offerings to some unnamed god of the dead. The thing also has some seriously cool tiny swords sunk into it adding to the whole ominous visual. The first time I used this thing to roll a d20, it dropped a natural 20 and that was a fun moment for me fore sure.
Even if you are not using it to roll for important moments in your game, it comes in a fantastic wood crate looking box and has stupendous shelf appeal. You can grab your own at this link.
Until next time, check out Dimension 20‘s newest season Adventuring Party — it’s a blast!
