Can you identify these dice?

July 29, 2022 5:24 PM

Asking for a friend. Can you identify what game these dice came from? They feel quite heavy, like they're possibly metal.
posted by xedrik to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (6 answers total)

I don't recognize them, but if you don't get an answer here, and you or your friend has a BoardGameGeek account, I'd ask in the forums there (https://boardgamegeek.com/forum/59/bgg/need-help) or Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/).
posted by Laura in Canada at 6:07 PM on July 29, 2022

BGG will know. Probably get it in 15 minutes.
posted by Windopaene at 6:15 PM on July 29, 2022

Response by poster: Thanks, might try Reddit. We're both taking an extended break from BGG forums. ;)
posted by xedrik at 6:15 PM on July 29, 2022

Best answer: I identified these with a Google Images search. They're dice from the Italian IronDie "collectable dice" game (think collectable card game, but with dice instead of cards). You can see small images of the dice on their site. Tor has an article about specialty dice with a section about the IronDie game and you can see silver versions of that die on Amazon.
posted by RichardP at 6:28 PM on July 29, 2022

Response by poster: That sure looks like it, RichardP! I tried GIS on the whole thing and a few of the dice, but I kept getting reeeally irrelevant results. Thank you!
posted by xedrik at 6:33 PM on July 29, 2022

Reverse image search didn't work for me either. What worked for me was a forward search with ' dice "triangle pips" ' as the search criteria.
posted by RichardP at 6:37 PM on July 29, 2022