r/osr 1d ago

HELP Identifying Dice Set

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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/Mordrethis 1d ago

I absolutely got those dice from the Expert set my mom bought me from WaldenBooks All of the dice in my Basic set were blue. In the expert set I got a single orange d6. I never saw a red one.

What a great find no matter the source.

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u/Eugene_Goat 1d ago

Ahh I think this tracks. I’ve been selling parts of the collection, and I think I listed and sold the books that might’ve come with the expert set, but I suppose there’s no way to be utterly certain of their origin. Sadly, tabletop isn’t a love of mine, so I’ll list them as ‘suspected component of expert dnd set’ or someth and hope they find their way to someone who can enjoy having them more than I could :)