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Image: Dispel Dice and Wyrmwood Gaming
Two of tabletop gaming’s biggest success stories are teaming up for an exclusive new line of products. Wyrmwood Gaming, makers of specialty tables and other accessories, is coming together with Dispel Dice, whose unique, sharp-edged dice turned heads in 2019. The Dice By Wyrmwood and Dispel Kickstarter campaign will offer three unique dice vaults and 18 dice styles including, according to a recent YouTube video, dice with real flowers embedded inside.
But the campaign also underscores just how challenging the world of boutique gaming accessories can be.
The Wyrmwood story starts in 2013, when the Massachusetts-based company raised more than $84,000 to produce a series of hand-made wooden dice vaults slim, dovetailed trays with magnets to secure the lid in place. The company went on to run 11 more Kickstarter campaigns through 2019, averaging more than $250,000 each. It also ran a respectable online storefront and enjoyed a healthy conve