The best part for me is that this dice tray cost me next to nothing, and I managed to make a dice tray box on Boxing Day” Which included going out and buying the parts. For board games or tabletop games, the tower is a cool dice roller. for large army games with more than 10 dice, I’d say go with a tray. It depends on how many dice you are rolling. If you are still deciding whether to choose a Dice Tray or Tower. If you are after actual dice rolling tray, DIY is the way to go. If you are looking at a tower dice tray, d&d is probably more your game. However, as I expected to be using more than a handful of dice, I figured a dice tower tray wouldn’t be much use. I also checked out a dice tower vs dice tray guide. You can build your own frame and make a dice tray from scratch, you don’t really need any special dice tray schematics., For me, the effort required vs simply buying an Ikea frame just wasn’t worth it. Even the felt isn’t necessary, this just makes for a quiet dice tray. It quickly occurred to me that all dice tray blueprints are literally just a solid frame with a baseboard covered in felt. I looked at dice tray designs & wooden Dice Tray plans, even a 3D printed dice tray. So, I decided to make one, and doing this meant I could have a decent-sized tray in the colours I wanted, I started searching online for Dice Tray Alternatives and got a few great dice tray ideas. However, I also wanted the best Dice Tray I could get and I didn’t want to spend very much. There are some really cool options like a velvet dice tray which folds away. Then I searched Dice Tray Amazon and Dice Try Etsy. Not too bad, but the quality of the cheapest items did not seem worth the price to me. I usually turn to eBay for all of my hobby supplies, it is normally the cheapest place to pick up supplies and tools.Īnyway, this time, a search for “Dice Tray eBay” failed me! Try it, Search for Dice Tray on eBay and you’re looking at some expensive options that are quite small. The frame used here is only available in Black or White unless you want to paint it.

You can also felt the sides in a darker or contrasting colour to make it pop. If you want your dice tray purple, just get purple felt. However, you can make this homemade dice tray in pretty much any colour you like. Sorry if you don’t like the colour, but in case you can’t tell by the blog theme, I like Black and Orange. Shortly after having my first ever game of Space Hulk, I realised a wooden Dice Tray would be very useful to stop my dice from knocking minis, landing at odd angles against the board pieces, falling off the table and would just be a generally cool thing to have. Just to avoid anyone trying to do trick roll and get what they want every time. I’ve found a dice rolling tray is a fantastic tool to stop you hitting your mini’s or getting rolls that land on the edge of something.įor us, to keep games fair, we’ve instigated the rule that the dice must hit a side of the tray for a roll to be counted. If like me you got some new games for Xmas or you have some old ones you play on the tabletop. But even if you are wanting something huge for largescale wargames, then you can easily modify this guide to make a gigantic Dice Rolling Tray. If you want to make your own DIY d&d dice tray, we’re making a large Dice Tray which will cover the majority of board games. No matter if you are looking for the best dnd Dice Tray or a Large Warhammer Dice Tray, this guide could be right up your street.

I was inspired to make this DIY Dice Tray after playing my first game of Space Hulk and losing dice on the floor.

Wooden dice box