Ravenloft Spirit Board Project

 

I decided I wanted to make myself a Ravenloft spirit board prop for my campaign. Here's how I did it, in case you want to make one too. 

I had the pdf of the spirit board from WotC's site (which you can find here) printed on cardstock. My home printer wasn't up to the task, so I snuck it into an order with the printer I use to do my zine pages.

I used adhesive spray to affix the cardstock print to some black foam board, then trimmed it with a hobby knife. 

The trimming process will inevitably leave some shedding, ragged edges. I smoothed the edges of the foam board by quickly moving it around near a candle flame. The flame melted and sealed the edge rather nicely for such a primitive technique!

Dice Coffin - RPG Arts and Crafts

I know that the bag from a bottle of Crown Royal is the traditional dice-holder of choice, but for my money (a little less than $4, to be exact) you can't go wrong with a DICE COFFIN.

Around Halloween time you can find small, hinged wooden coffins at the craft store for about $3. Buy one, treat it with whatever leftover wood stain you've got in the shed or basement, hit with a coat of sealer, and you've got a pretty spectacular (and portable) container for your dice.

Better yet, you can spend another seventy cents for a piece of felt and line the interior. Regular white glue will do the trick. Now you have a dice carrier *and* a nice, quiet dice tray for rolling the bones during your games. No more dice rolling off the table if you've got one of these.