10 LED Projects for Geeks

3The Cheater’s Dice Roller by John Baichtal

In this project, you’ll build a digital dice roller with a twist.

Do you suffer from polyhedral dice elbow from playing too much Dungeons & Dragons or other tabletop role-playing games? (I’m talking about the dice with lots of different shapes. A player might strain a ligament throwing those dice so often!) Or maybe you just want the convenience of generating your die rolls electronically? Either way, this dice roller is the solution, and then some.

You have the option to switch between a D&D standard 20-sided die and the two 10-sided dice of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and other systems, though I’ll ...