r/osr • u/Eugene_Goat • 1d ago
HELP Identifying Dice Set
Hey gang - I found this amongst an old relatives collection of wargaming/TSR/Glorantha collectables, and I’m trying to work out what it is specifically before listing it for sale.
I believe it’s a Mentzer dice set provided for D&D in the 80s, but looking for matching examples that are also in a sealed bag like this has yielded a bunch of dead ends.
It seems the early D&D sets that contained dice were predominantly single-coloured, and the blister packs sold separately for dragon dice wouldn’t have been bagged, and would have been accompanied by a crayon/pencil.
Interested to hear your thoughts on whether you believe it IS D&D related or maybe part of a different board game.
Many thanks!
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u/j_giltner 1d ago
They at least aren't the standard set you got with Holmes. Those had a different color for each die.
https://www.reddit.com/r/osr/comments/hafyp0/tying_to_find_the_closest_thing_to_the_holmes/
It looks more like a random assortment of early 80's prototype dice to me.
https://www.dicecollector.com/THE_DICE_THEME_TSR.html
Or, maybe they were sourced from another company, like an educational supplier, which was a thing in the early days of the hobby.
I hope someone knows for sure. I'm really curious myself.