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Astronaut Shows How to Roll a D20 in Space to Make D&D Playable

Her spin-and-catch method offers a simple way to read single-die results in microgravity.

Overview

  • Rabea Rogge shared an Instagram video that demonstrates a repeatable way to roll a twenty-sided die in zero gravity.
  • In the clip, she spins the die, lets it float, then catches it and reads the face through a small gap in her fist.
  • Rogge says the test shows tabletop roleplaying is possible in orbit.
  • Coverage notes the method works best for one die at a time and that rolling many dice at once would be cumbersome.
  • The demo stems from her 2025 SpaceX Fram2 polar-orbit flight on Crew Dragon Resilience, which reporting linked to funding by crypto billionaire Chun Wang and which one expert described as more novelty than milestone.