Our Story

About Roll The Dice Cornwall C.I.C

At Roll The Dice we believe that tabletop gaming is a great way to bring people together. We offer a free club that is open for all children to attend and learn about these fantastic games in person. Roll The Dice provides all the necessary materials and initial models, and teaches various rule-sets to make sure everyone can participate. Alongside fostering creativity, Roll The Dice promotes socializing between children of all ages. Come and join us, and experience the joys and benefits of tabletop gaming today!

Our Story

Roll The Dice was founded by two friends, Matt and Dave, who shared a love for tabletop gaming. It all started with a few friendly games of Warhammer 40,000 between just the two of them, but eventually grew to include two more players, forming a tight-knit gaming group. From there, Dave, who was already teaching in a small school, established a Warhammer club and invited Matt to help run it.
The club unfortunately disbanded when Dave moved schools. Not wanting to disappoint a new generation of gamers, Matt and Dave explored the viability of creating a community club. It was important to them that the club be free to attend in order to have as wide a reach as possible, whilst still being able to teach a range of games, painting techniques and social skills.
This laid the foundation for what Roll The Dice is today: a place where gamers of all levels come together to enjoy their passion and hobby.

 

What we do

At Roll The Dice, we currently run a free children's community gaming group once a week during term time. This group is completely free for children aged 6 - 14 to attend. On their first time, children will be given some free models to make and paint. Paints, brushes, palettes, glue and hobby tools are all provided and are free to use on either models we have given the children, or on their own models. We also have gaming tables set up where children can either learn a taught game, or use a rule set they already know and set up games among themselves. We have a small library, where children can borrow books.
Finally, we have Tuck Shop, which is how we are able to continue to provide the resources for free. If you wish to know more, check out the Roll The Dice Facebook or Instagram pages, or drop us an email.​Roll The Dice children's club runs on Thursdays, 4pm-6pm, during term time, at Breaney Methodist Chapel, Breage. 

​We also run fortnightly adults sessions at Porthleven Public hall, and weekly Home Ed and Kids Club sessions. 

We have also branched into events, working with the Porthleven Beer Seller to put on a Beer and Boardgame evening. Our roster of events is broadened by our Warhammer 40,000 Tournaments and our South West Cornwall Gaming Expo.

 

Education

Roll The Dice is proud to be able to offer support for Home Educators, schools and individuals who want to use tabletop gaming to meet National Curriculum standards. ​
Click on the link to see our open letter to Home Educators.
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Roll The Dice can also tailor S.E.M.H. support through gaming to your individual, or group, needs.

Tuck Shop

Tuck shop at Roll The Dice started out as an idea we had to allow children and their families access to more affordable miniatures. Initially, we started with our £1 lucky dip bags (all the parts to make a complete model) and £1 models (individual models, pre-built and some pre-painted). We were then fortunate to have some donations which we then priced at less than 50% of Games Workshop's cost, allowing more children to access these models and donations. Now, we are still running our in-person Tuck Shop at Roll The Dice sessions, but are limiting these to models and units that are £20 and under, in order to make it accessible for the majority of the children. We are also selling models and units which are above this price point exclusively through our online Shop, as well as other models and units, and even terrain.

Why should you purchase through the Roll The Dice Tuck Shop?

Every single item, model or unit that is purchased through Roll The Dice's Tuck Shop generates a small amount of money which allows us to do a number of things:

  1. Most importantly for us, keep the children's club completely free to attend and be a part of.

  2. Work with the community to try and find models, units and items that the children in the club would like for their forces and purchase these.

  3. Replenish the paints, glues, brushes, palettes and other consumables that the children use. This again allows us to keep the club completely free to attend.