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DIY LEGO Dice Tower
The short answer
This is a build-along video, not a rules tutorial — it shows how to build a working dice tower using only the bricks from a single LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Box (set 10698), first at speed and then slowly enough to pause and copy brick by brick.
Last updated · Written and filmed by Boxman 3000
Watch on YouTube — plays here count toward the channel too.
This one is a build video, not a how-to-play tutorial. There are no rules to learn — just a dice tower made entirely out of LEGO, and a video you can build along with.
What You Need
Everything in the build comes from one box: the LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Box, set 10698. No specialist parts, no separate order, no hunting for a particular piece.
You do not need matching colours. The tower in the video is deliberately mismatched — yellow where yellow happened to be available, a stray clear brick that turned up mid-build. Chasing a colour-coordinated version means buying bricks by the individual colour, which costs far more than it is worth. A bulk box of random bricks does the job.
How the Tower Works
A dice tower is a simple machine: you drop dice in the top, they bounce down through internal baffles, and they come out the bottom genuinely randomised. No more dice skittering off the table or landing cocked against a card.
This build includes:
- Two internal ramps that redirect the dice on the way down
- A central pole positioned to flip the dice as they hit the first ramp
- Small windows in the tower wall, so you can watch the dice tumbling through
- A landscaped base the dice roll out onto
- Decorative extras — pillars at the top, flowers around the base, and a light bulb finial that is, admittedly, historically inaccurate
How to Follow the Build
The video is structured in two passes:
- A fast run-through of the whole build, so you can see where it is going.
- A slow rebuild of exactly the same tower, brick by brick, paced specifically so you can pause and copy each step.
If you are building along, skip to the second section. It is the one designed for it.
The order of construction runs: landscaped base first, then the tower body upward, then the ramps inside it, and finally the decorative top.
Notes
- The internal ramps are the only part that actually matters mechanically. Everything above them is decoration, so change the styling freely.
- The windows are worth keeping. Being able to see the dice bounce is half the appeal of a dice tower.
- Built something different? The video invites comparisons — this design is one solution, not the only one.
Frequently asked questions
- What LEGO set do you need to build this dice tower?
- Just the LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Box, set number 10698. The whole build uses only bricks found in that one box, with no specialist parts required.
- Do the brick colours need to match?
- No. The tower in the video is deliberately mixed — buying bricks by individual colour costs far more than it is worth. A bulk box of assorted bricks works perfectly well.
- Can you follow along and build it yourself?
- Yes. The video builds the tower twice: once quickly to show the whole thing, then again slowly, brick by brick, at a pace designed for pausing and copying each step.
- What makes a dice tower work?
- Internal ramps. Dice dropped in the top bounce off the ramps on the way down, which randomises the result and stops dice skidding off the table or landing cocked.
- Can you change the design?
- Freely. Only the internal ramps affect how the tower functions — the pillars, flowers, windows and the light bulb on top are all decoration and can be rebuilt however you like.