The annual YouTube Makers Secret Santa has resulted in all manner of creative and exciting projects being created as gifts between its high-profile participants, and 2024’s was no exception.

DJ Harrigan, aka Mr. Volt drew Crescent Shay, which was a fortuitous pick given that they are already friends who play Dungeons & Dragons together. This lead to the idea of a dice box, to hold and display Shay’s dice collection, but with an added Teensy 3.5-powered twist.

In addition to the “analog” dice tower to facilitate rolls, Harrigan incorporated a digital dice roller via an LCD screen and two rotary encoders. Sound effects are also played via a DAC and the Teensy’s mSD card. Lastly, the Teensy illuminates the analog dice storage area with LEDs for a little extra pizazz. See it all in action in the video below!