by BouncyMonkey
After a game of Mice and Mystics where none of our dice rolls were any good I decided that we needed a dice tower. After all with a dice tower all rolls would be exactly what we want – that’s what they’re for right?
I had spotted a dice tower earlier that really took my fancy. I thought GrooveDachschund’s “Another Dice Tower V2” was inspired. I especially liked the use of a 1.5L PET bottle for the shell.
Because I can never print someone else’s design without fiddling with it, I modified GrooveDachschund’s design. Well, in truth it was completely rebuilt from scratch and not a single polygon exists from the original design.
The two things I wanted in my design were a solid core of some non-printed material (in this case some 4mm diameter dowel), and each step in the staircase to be a separate item. The reason for the latter was that I am not a great fan of long prints because the longer the print the greater the likely hood of Murphy taking an interest and spoiling the print in the last few minutes of the print. The individual steps don’t take long to print, interlock quite firmly (no glue required) and as a bonus, if you want to make a short or really tall dice tower, it is easy – you just print a few more steps.
One things I should add, I feel I made the battlements a little thin so if you print this, just be aware they are a little fragile if you’re getting carried away with the dry-brushing.
The only extra things you will require are the clear plastic bottle, and the 4mm diameter dowel of a length to suit your desired stair height + a bit extra to insert into the base and top deck.
When I first tested it I was a little aghast to roll five fours one after another, followed by three fives, and a couple of sixes. Luckily, trying to replicate the effect failed. So, I think it has proved itself to be properly random. Unless of course I have used up all the fours for a while …… hmmmm.
Now it is finished I look forward to more table top game sessions where my rolls don’t totally suck.
