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Q-WORKSHOP 20 years: Elvish Dice Set (S20Y01)

2024 was the year of Q-Workshop's 20-year anniversary. They produced a limited run of dice sets using existing designs in a new, special color combination: sparkling black with turquoise paint.

The set featured here is a variation of the Elvish Dice Set.

This set is already sold out at Q-Workshop, but it might still be available from other retails. Do a web search or visit a FLGS near you.

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I assume this product page will be taken down soon, since this set is sold out:

Here's where you can find Q-Workshop Elvish Dice Sets in other colors:

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Q-Workshop 20 years: Happy Birthday Dice Set (S20Y03)

The Q-Workshop 20 years: Happy Birthday Dice Set has a shimmering, slightly translucent white base, with engraved gold numbers and birthday-themed decorations.

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Q-Workshop Viking Modern Dice Set: Niflheim (RVIK05)

The Q-Workshop Viking Modern Dice Set: Niflheim has a semi-translucent, pearly, misty white base with engraved copper numbers.

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Q-Workshop Steampunk Clockwork: Nautical Apparatus Modern Dice Set (RSTC05)

The Q-Workshop Steampunk Clockwork: Nautical Apparatus Modern Dice Set has an opaque ocean-teal base with engraved copper numbers, in a steampunk-inspired theme featuring clock faces and gears.

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Q-Workshop The Witcher Dice Set: Yennefer - Sorceress Supreme (SWYE01)

Inspired by The Witcher series, this dice set is dedicated to Yennefer of Vengerberg, a powerful sorceress.

This set has a shimmering dark blue base with teal green numbers. The highest face on each die is decorated with imagery from Yen's pendant.

From Q-Workshop's website:

"Yennefer from Vengerberg was a powerful sorceress, whose explosive temperament had shown others more than once that she was no joke with her. As she was infuriated, a gray-blue fire raged in her violet eyes, heralding the advent of real trouble."

Each set includes a metal coin with Yen's depiction, which acts as a D2.

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Q-Workshop The Witcher Dice Set: Yennefer - Lilac and Gooseberries (SWYE03)

Inspired by The Witcher series, this dice set is dedicated to Yennefer of Vengerberg, a sorceress fond of the lilac and gooseberries scent.

This set has an opaque marbled purple base with white numbers. The highest face on each die is decorated with imagery from Yen's pendant.

From Q-Workshop's website:

"The scent of Yennefer’s fragrance stayed deep in one’s memory, just like her unusual persona, gentle yet vivid. That is why the dice are lavender, with white engravings."

Each set includes a metal coin with Yen's depiction, which acts as a D2.

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Q-Workshop The Witcher Dice Set: Yennefer - The Obsidian Star (SWYE02)

Inspired by The Witcher series, this dice set is dedicated to Yennefer of Vengerberg, the raven-haired bearer of the Obsidian Star.

From Q-Workshop's website:

"There was always a marigold on her slender neck, with a star made of obsidian, with dozens of small diamonds embedded within. For many, this amulet was a subject of speculation, as its origin was a mystery, but it was known that it was infused with magic."

This set has an opaque black base with engraved silver numbers. The highest face on each die is decorated with imagery from Yen's pendant.

Each set includes a metal coin with Yen's depiction, which acts as a D2.

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Chessex Mini Polyhedral Gemini Green-Red w/ White (2024 Chessex Holiday Calendar) (CHX 19001)

Chessex Mini Polyhedral Gemini Green-Red w/ White (CHX 19001) is exactly like the full-sized version of the same name.

Chessex Mini Polyhedral dice are tiny! Shown here next to a standard 16mm d6 for scale.

Mini Gemini Green-Red was exclusive to the 2024 Chessex Holiday Calendar, an advent calendar in the shape of a cube with numbered compartments containing mystery dice.

All calendars contain the same 5 exclusive dice sets plus some other odds and ends. The product names are not printed on the outside of the box, and there's only one product number for everything in the box, so the dice inside were a complete mystery until opened (unless you cheated and read a review!).

As of June 2025, Chessex still had some 2024 Holiday Calendars in stock. A number of retailers also still have these in stock.

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Chessex Mini Polyhedral Glitter Snow w/ Gold (2024 Chessex Holiday Calendar) (CHX 19001)

Chessex Mini Polyhedral Glitter Snow w/ Gold (CHX 19001) has a translucent cloudy-clear base with pearly, iridescent swirls, white "snowflake" particles, and gold numbers. The swirls are similar to the glitter in Chessex Borealis Icicle. The particles are not Luminary and do not glow.

Chessex Mini Polyhedral dice are tiny! Shown here next to a standard 16mm d6 for scale.

Mini Glitter Snow was exclusive to the 2024 Chessex Holiday Calendar, an advent calendar in the shape of a cube with numbered compartments containing mystery dice.

All calendars contain the same 5 exclusive dice sets plus some other odds and ends. The product names are not printed on the outside of the box, and there's only one product number for everything in the box, so the dice inside were a complete mystery until opened (unless you cheated and read a review!).

As of June 2025, Chessex still had some 2024 Holiday Calendars in stock. A number of retailers also still have these in stock.

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Chessex Gemini Candy Cane w/ Gold (2024 Chessex Holiday Calendar) (CHX 19001)

Chessex Gemini Candy Cane w/ Gold (CHX 19001) is a mix of Chessex Opaque White and Chessex Glitter Ruby, with gold numbers.

Gemini Candy Cane was exclusive to the 2024 Chessex Holiday Calendar, an advent calendar in the shape of a cube with numbered compartments containing mystery dice.

All calendars contain the same 5 exclusive dice sets plus some other odds and ends. The product names are not printed on the outside of the box, and there's only one product number for everything in the box, so the dice inside were a complete mystery until opened (unless you cheated and read a review!).

I love the contrast between opaque and translucent in this set. So pretty!

As of June 2025, Chessex still had some 2024 Holiday Calendars in stock. A number of retailers also still have these in stock.

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Chessex Festive Toybox w/ White (2024 Chessex Holiday Calendar) (CHX 19001)

Chessex Festive Toybox w/ White (CHX 19001) has a translucent clear base with opaque swirls of soft white, turquoise, and fuchsia, with glowing Luminary particles, and white numbers.

The color palette here is extremely similar to Chessex Nebula Wisteria, but the colors are more opaque and packed in more densely.

Festive Toybox was exclusive to the 2024 Chessex Holiday Calendar, an advent calendar in the shape of a cube with numbered compartments containing mystery dice.

All calendars contain the same 5 exclusive dice sets plus some other odds and ends. The product names are not printed on the outside of the box, and there's only one product number for everything in the box, so the dice inside were a complete mystery until opened (unless you cheated and read a review!).

I love the fuchsia swirls in this d10.

As of June 2025, Chessex still had some 2024 Holiday Calendars in stock. A number of retailers also still have these in stock.

Manufacturer's product page:

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Chessex Vortex Ice Skating w/ White (2024 Chessex Holiday Calendar) (CHX 19001)

Chessex Vortex Ice Skating w/ White (CHX 19001) has a translucent teal base with wispy white swirls, glowing Luminary particles, and white numbers.

Vortex Ice Skating was exclusive to the 2024 Chessex Holiday Calendar, an advent calendar in the shape of a cube with numbered compartments containing mystery dice.

All calendars contain the same 5 exclusive dice sets plus some other odds and ends. The product names are not printed on the outside of the box, and there's only one product number for everything in the box, so the dice inside were a complete mystery until opened (unless you cheated and read a review!).

If you look closely, you can actually see some of the Luminary particles glowing, even in daylight.

As of June 2025, Chessex still had some 2024 Holiday Calendars in stock. A number of retailers also still have these in stock.

Manufacturer's product page:

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Chessex Vortex Brown w/ Yellow (CHX LE584)

Chessex Vortex Brown w/ Yellow (CHX LE584) has a dark brown base with opaque white swirls, and yellow numbers or pips. The brown and white blend to form lighter shades of brown.

Vortex Brown is the only set of Chessex Vortex dice that I don't own! But I care lovingly for these two little 12mm pipsqueaks.

Vortex Brown was discontinued a long time ago, but what year is unknown.

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Chessex Vortex Underworld w/ Yellow (Lab Dice 5) (CHX 30050)

Chessex Vortex Underworld w/ Yellow (CHX 30050) has swirls of red, yellow, lustrous bronze, and smoky black, with yellow numbers or pips. This set is UV reactive.

Vortex Underworld was produced in 2021 for wave 5 of the Chessex Lab Dice product line.

Chessex Lab Dice are limited run sets, released in waves, that Chessex uses to experiment with new designs. The first wave of Lab Dice was released in 2019, and new waves are released 1-2 times per year. The most popular designs might be given a general release, but if not, then they remain limited edition sets.

Starting with wave 4, each set of Lab Dice comes with a bonus commemorative 16mm pipped die with the words "Lab Dice" on the "1" face, and the Lab Dice test tube logo on the "6" face.

Vortex Underworld is out of production, as it was not selected for general release. It could still be produced in the future.

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Chessex Vortex Black w/ Yellow (CHX 27438)

Chessex Vortex Black w/ Yellow (CHX 27438) has a smoky black base with opaque white swirls, and yellow numbers or pips. The black and white blend to form shades of smoky gray.

Vortex Black was discontinued in 2018.

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Chessex Vortex Violet w/ White (CHX TPY17)

Chessex Vortex Violet w/ White (CHX TPY17) has a translucent fuchsia-violet base with wispy white swirls, and white numbers or pips. I have seen a handful of pieces with a tiny wisp or two of lavender.

This set really lights up in the sunlight and turns more magenta than violet.

Vortex Violet is out of production. It was introduced at GenCon 2018 as a limited edition test set.

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Chessex Vortex Purple w/ Gold (CHX 27437)

Chessex Vortex Purple w/ Gold (CHX 27437) has a translucent deep purple base with opaque white swirls, and gold numbers or pips. The dark purple and white combine to form lighter shades of purple.

I have two sets of Chessex Vortex Purple: a carded set that I purchased alone (above), and an uncarded set (below) that I received in a big lot of vintage dice, alongside a set of Nebula Purple pipped dice and Frosted Light Blue d10s, among others. Excellent dice mail!

Given the age of the other dice in the lot, my guess is that my two sets of Vortex Purple dice were probably produced something like 10 years apart. That's just a ballpark estimate though.

The two sets have very different swirl patterns, and are even slightly different shades of purple, illustrating the variety in this style.

I curate most of my Vortex sets for certain characteristics, but I haven't got around to curating my newer Vortex Purple set yet. The older set is actually pretty great just the way it is.

As of June 2025, Chessex Vortex Purple is currently in production and widely available.

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