Meet the People Behind BearDice®

BearDice® grew from a shared love of tabletop games. Today, our team designs original dice, develops new materials, and helps players turn personal ideas into something they can hold.

Different strengths. One shared table.

How we came together

Tabletop brought us together.

We met through tabletop games, and the more we played, the more we wanted to make the experience around the table feel special.

In a game, each of us has a role and a task. At BearDice®, it is much the same: we bring different strengths, share ideas, and help one another turn a good thought into something players can enjoy.

We play together, create together, and keep looking for ways to make tabletop more exciting for the people who invite us to their tables.

Different roles. One shared table.

01

We play together

Tabletop is where our conversations start and where we keep our sense of wonder.

02

We create together

A character, a memory, or a strange idea can become the start of a new design.

03

We look after the details

Good service means listening carefully and helping the idea reach the table.

What we do together

Three ways we help make the next roll better.

Design

We turn stories, themes, symbols, and rough ideas into original dice concepts players can understand and get excited about.

Making

We work across resin, liquid core, decal, gemstone, cast metal, and spinning dice designs, with attention to materials and finish.

Service

We help with custom conversations, product questions, order coordination, local pickup, and the practical steps between an idea and a finished set.

A few of the people you will meet

Here is who is behind the work.

We are happy to introduce ourselves the way we would at a game night: what we look after, what we enjoy, and where we can help.

NEMO tabletop character portrait, BearDice® Brand Director

NEMO

Brand Director
Tabletop role: Dungeon Master
Helps customers with

Helping BearDice® show up where tabletop communities gather: supporting schools and tabletop associations, contributing to community and social-responsibility projects, and presenting our brand and products at industry conventions.

Favorite diceCanine Legends: Lucky GuardianSee original creations
Derek tabletop character portrait, BearDice® Supply Chain Director

Derek

Supply Chain Director
Tabletop role: Elf Artificer
Helps customers with

Looking after the craft and the journey after production: coordinating manufacturing processes, logistics, warehousing, shipping, and partner relationships so projects and orders move reliably.

Favorite dice7-in-1 Unique Metal D6 Spinning Dice 2.0Explore metal dice
THORIN tabletop character portrait, BearDice® Product Director

THORIN

Product Director
Tabletop role: Dwarven Forge Lord
Helps customers with

Taking ideas from innovative materials and new concepts through product structure, detail refinement, and the practical steps needed to make a design ready for repeatable production.

Favorite diceBlue Liquid Core Resin Dice SetExplore liquid core dice
COLY tabletop character portrait, BearDice® Operations and Service Manager

COLY

Operations & Service Manager
Tabletop role: Ranger Scout
Helps customers with

Keeping conversations, order details, service questions, and follow-up moving clearly from one step to the next.

Favorite diceCustom D20 DiceStart a custom conversation
Built with players

The BearDice® team is bigger than the people on our roster.

Players bring the themes, memories, creatures, symbols, and unexpected ideas that make this work feel alive.

Some become a personal custom set. Some become a product more players can discover. All of them remind us that the best tabletop ideas are shared.

BearDice® is made with players, one idea at a time.

Customer-designed BearDice® custom dice Custom dice design created with a BearDice® customer Finished BearDice® custom dice created from a player idea Customer-designed BearDice® dice set Player-created custom dice design BearDice® custom dice made from a community idea
Local home, global table

From Chicago to players around the world.

BearDice® began serving North American players through Kickstarter and now works with customers in Europe, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, and beyond. Our Buffalo Grove workshop gives the brand a real local home and supports local pickup by appointment.

BearDice® Buffalo Grove workshop storefront in the Chicago area

Visit the Chicago-area store

Come closer to the brand, browse the collection, and arrange local pickup from our Buffalo Grove location.

Phone support and local pickup hours, Chicago local time (America/Chicago, U.S. Central Time)
Monday-Friday: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
Saturday-Sunday: Closed
Federal and public holidays: Closed

These hours apply to phone support and scheduled local pickup appointments.

Pickup appointments: +1 224-266-4059
WhatsApp: +1 518-614-1674
150 Hastings Dr, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089, USA

Store details
Three ways into the BearDice® world

Start where your idea feels closest.

BearDice® original metal spinner dice

Original Creations

Explore the products and material experiments that carry the BearDice® point of view.

Explore original creations
BearDice® customer custom dice gallery

Customer Gallery

See what players have imagined and what the team helped bring to the table.

View the gallery
BearDice® Chicago-area workshop and store

Chicago Store

Meet the brand locally, arrange pickup, or come see where the work comes together.

Visit the store

Have an idea worth rolling?

Bring it to the table. The BearDice® team will help you find the next step.

Start a custom project