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Choose the Best Virtual Dice Roller for Your Game

The best virtual dice roller depends on what you need to roll and how you will read the result. Use this guide to choose among our free browser tools for board games, D&D, lessons and custom choices.

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Compare the dice tools

Start with the game’s required dice, then check whether you need a total, a modifier or a display the whole room can see. These tools serve different tasks; this is a comparison of our own rollers, rather than a ranking of other websites.

  • General rolling: the virtual dice roller handles 1 to 20 dice, each with 2 to 1000 sides, plus dot, number and 3D views.
  • A fixed pair: the two dice roller keeps two six-sided dice ready, shows doubles and adds the pair.
  • Roleplaying: the D&D and RPG dice roller offers D4 to D100, a modifier and advantage or disadvantage for one D20.
  • Teaching: the classroom dice roller offers one to six six-sided dice with a large full-screen display.
  • Custom choices: the custom virtual dice roller draws numbers, letters, colors or labels you supply.

Choose by your game or lesson

Board games and simple totals

For a game using two D6, choose the two dice tool so you do not need to set the count every time. If a turn calls for three dice or a different number of sides, use the main roller. Read the individual faces when the rules treat dice separately, and use the total only when the rules say to add them.

D&D checks and damage rolls

Choose the RPG tool when a roll includes a modifier. For 3d6 + 2, set Dice to 3, Sides to 6 and Modifier to 2; the modifier is added once after summing the dice. For advantage on one D20, choose Dice 1, Sides 20 and Advantage. This tool uses numbers and does not show 3D polyhedral models.

Classroom activities and presentations

Choose classroom dice when learners need large dot faces. Start with one die for counting, then two for addition. Use full screen on a projector and choose a static view when motion is distracting. Follow our Google Slides and PowerPoint dice guide to link from your lesson slides.

Letters, colors and custom prompts

Choose the custom tool when the outcome is a word or label instead of a die number. Enter one choice per line in Labels. Repeated labels increase that choice’s chance, so keep one line per option when you want equal chances.

Check randomness, readability and access

Every tool here draws each result independently with the browser’s cryptographic random number generator. Streaks can still occur, and animation only displays an already selected result. Read how the dice results are generated for the method.

All of these rollers work online without an account or native app download. Before a shared session, check that your internet connection works, the individual results are readable and the selected die size matches your rules. Results stay in the current tab’s history and clear when you reload.

When animation or downloads are a requirement

Use the main, two-dice or classroom tool for animated six-sided cubes. The main roller shows other side counts as numbered cards rather than 3D D20 or D10 models. If you need a native offline app, these browser tools do not provide an installer. Choose by the functionality you need rather than by how a dice animation looks.