Dungeons & Dragons Left Impressed After Astronaut Shows How to Roll a D20 in Zero-G, Proving 'Roleplaying in Space Is Absolutely Possible'

While we inactive can't get capable of the Artemis II crew's record-breaking travel to the Moon, an astronaut who flew connected an earlier ngo has proven that you tin rotation a D20 successful abstraction — contempt the zero gravity.

Rabea Rogge, the archetypal German pistillate to spell into space, joined SpaceX's Fram2 ngo successful 2025. The three-day ngo sought to behaviour probe astir Earth's North and South poles, but portion she was up determination successful zero-G, Rogge "experimented" connected however champion to play Dungeons & Dragons portion suspended successful space, and without gravity to assistance bespeak which fig you roll.

"As a pen [and] insubstantial nerd, I experimented with this 20-sided solid dice (that caught the airy beautifully) and recovered that the adjacent circular of D&D oregon akin successful abstraction is saved," she explained successful the statement of an Instagram reel.

In the video, Rogge says: "We experimented a little, and I deliberation the champion mode is, you propulsion it, and past you drawback it, and past you kinda look…" She past holds her manus up to the camera, with her thumb somewhat pulled backmost truthful you tin spot the fig 7. "So, rejoice!" she added. "Roleplaying successful abstraction is perfectly possible."

"We ever said our dice were retired of this world… but you perfectly proved it," wrote dice manufacturer, World of Dice. "Seeing 1 of our dice floating successful abstraction is thing we ne'er imagined, and it honestly made our full squad freak out. Our laminitis adjacent teared up erstwhile helium saw it — existent tears of joy. Watching thing that started arsenic a tiny thought extremity up orbiting Earth was a genuinely surreal infinitesimal for each of us.

"Thank you for taking World of Dice beyond the table, beyond the atmosphere, and consecutive into the cosmos. Safe travels, and whitethorn each your missions beryllium captious successes."

The authoritative Dungeons & Dragons relationship besides commented, adding: "New regularisation - thing you rotation successful abstraction is simply a captious success."

Of course, keeping each the assorted objects you request for a due crippled of D&D mightiness beryllium tricky successful zero gravity! "Thank you each for the emotion for abstraction dice and suggestions," Rogge added. "Next clip determination should beryllium magnets I see!

"For the peeps that don't cognize me, my sanction is Rabea and this footage is from the #Fram2 ngo 1 twelvemonth ago. We were the archetypal quality abstraction ngo astir Earth's polar regions. I ever accidental that our astronaut grooming was precise akin to a bully ol' circular of D&D: You get a script (in a grooming spacecraft) and request to grip immoderate the grooming pb (aka DM) throws astatine you. On to much adventures connected Earth & successful space!"

There's a batch going connected successful the satellite of abstraction question close now. With Project Hail Mary's blockbuster occurrence shining a airy connected the cosmos, the Artemis II unit is heading location aft travelling farther from Earth than anyone before, with a splashdown backmost connected Earth scheduled for April 10.

We already knew the Artemis II unit watched Project Hail Mary earlier their mission, and earlier this week, we received different fantastic callback to the novel/film arsenic Mission Control responded to Commander Reid Wiseman's statement of the Moon by quoting Rocky and saying, "Amaze! Amaze! Amaze!" during their lunar flyby. Meanwhile, Artemis II has prompted a surge of caller and returning players to abstraction simulator Kerbal Space Program.

Image credit: Rabea Rogge / Instagram.

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