For the last few years, I’ve had the same question pop up over and over again.

“When is Knights of Dice coming back?”

It’s a fair question.

The answer, until now, has always been the same.

“It isn’t.”

Or at least, not in the way people remembered it.

Running Knights of Dice wasn’t just about designing terrain. It meant running a manufacturing business. Cutting kits. Packing orders. Answering emails. Maintaining machines. Managing stock. Solving problems. Shipping parcels.

I loved creating the products.

I eventually realised I didn’t love running the business.

Those are two very different things.

The Designs Deserved Better

Closing Knights of Dice left me with mixed feelings.

On one hand, it was the right decision. It gave me the chance to move on, explore other hobbies and find a healthier balance.

On the other hand, hundreds of designs were sitting on a hard drive.

Buildings that people still wanted.

Terrain that still had a place on gaming tables.

It always felt wrong that those designs had simply disappeared because I no longer wanted to manufacture them myself.

Finding the Right People

I’ve been talking with Josh and Dave from Gaming Arena for quite a while now.

Like me, they’re using Trotec laser cutters.

Unlike me, they’re already set up to manufacture terrain as part of their business.

That makes them the perfect people to carry the range forward.

Rather than trying to resurrect Knights of Dice as it was, we’ve partnered together so the terrain can return without me returning to the day-to-day reality of running a manufacturing business.

That distinction is important.

I’m not reopening the business.

I’m giving the designs a new home.

Adding Something I Never Could

One of the things that really excites me about this partnership is that the kits won’t simply return exactly as they were.

Gaming Arena has equipment I never had.

Using UV printers, they’re able to print full-colour textures directly onto the MDF before the kits are assembled.

Instead of spending hours painting buildings, you’ll be able to assemble them and put them straight onto the table.

Even better, because the printing can happen on both sides of the MDF, we’re already talking about adding interior details, themed artwork and maybe even a few hidden Easter eggs.

It’s taking familiar designs and pushing them in directions I simply couldn’t when I was running Knights of Dice.

And honestly, I love that.

A New Chapter, Not a Return

There seems to be a misconception that creators have to keep hold of everything they make forever.

I don’t think that’s true.

Sometimes the best thing you can do is hand your work to people who are in a better position to keep it alive.

That’s what this partnership represents.

I’ll still be involved.

I’ll still be sharing ideas.

I’ll still be excited to see new terrain appear.

But I won’t be packing orders until midnight or trying to balance manufacturing with everything else I want to create.

That chapter has closed.

This one feels healthier.

Looking Forward

The plan is to begin by making the original MDF kits available again.

From there, Josh and Dave will gradually introduce their own UV-printed versions, complete with custom textures and artwork.

It’s going to take time.

There are hundreds of kits to work through, and we want to do them properly.

But after years of answering “No” when people asked whether the terrain would ever return, it’s nice to finally be able to say…

“Yes.”

Just not in the way anyone expected.

And I think that’s a much better outcome.