One fun part of helping out with Big Bad Con crowdfunding is getting to select this year's swag. This post is all about the dice set and screen printed tote bag, which are both part of Big Red’s Satchel and available as add ons.
Little Red and Wolf Dice Set
As a gaming convention, custom dice was a favorite among the staff. Simultaneously, Sean had just had a good experience working with Wood Tactics to make custom wooden dice for the upcoming Stewpot TTRPG.
I love strange dice materials. Wooden dice have a rustic quality that works well with our two fairytale mascots who are featured on the dice. We chose d6s so that we had a large side to engrave an image. 2d6 works well for anyone playing Powered by the Apocalypse games. Given all of this, we decided we wanted to make 2d6 wooden dice, with a custom graphic for each mascot.
The graphics for Wolf and Red needed to be fairly simplistic, but evocative. A few years ago, Tabletop Hotdish made this awesome Wolf and Little Red pattern for some exclusive zine notebooks they made for us:
The art had clean lines and an iconic feel, exactly what we were looking for. We licensed the two images from Tabletop Hotdish and then our graphic designer Cris worked her magic to ready them for the dice. We just received this picture of the dice:
Little Red Mascot Reveal and Tote Plans
Each year our mascots Little Red and The Wolf are drawn with different costumes and in different genres, and this year is no different. This year’s concept is wolf as a crooning bard and a roguish little red. Our artist Eden Parkinson has knocked it out of the park again this year!
In the past we’ve featured Little Red and The Wolf on t-shirts, and this year we’re also screen printing her on a tote! We aimed to get a large tote that could hold a full TTRPG book haul (and maybe even a board game or two) and act as a large canvas to showcase the awesome mascot art. We're currently planning on a canvas tote with a zipper.
Our mascot line art is in, and we’re excited to share it: Without further ado, here is this year’s Little Red mascot art!
We want to make sure the tote image is resistant to a little wear and tear, so we’re screen printing a two color image. The tote image will be a simplified version of this image with three colors (black, red, and the creme of the tote).
Thank you and more soon!
We are so excited for folks to get their hands on this swag. While there likely will be limited availability swag at the con itself, if you want to ensure you get dice, totes and beyond, you can order them as add-ons throughout the Big Bad Con crowdfunding. Note that you must have a badge as part of your purchase, since all of the swag is picked up on location, at Big Bad Con.
Finally, another big thank you! We have raised over $60k to put on Big Bad Con (!!!) and a truly humbling portion of that is scholarship and con donations. These are funds that go straight into lowering the barriers to attendance for our marginalized community members and make Big Bad Con even more amazing - including supporting the 15 stretch goal guests and the new Big Bad Academy track. From all of the con staff, thank you for your support and we’re so excited to see you at Big Bad!
