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Well, inspired by the similar thread about D&D IPhone Apps, here's a thread about D&D Apps on Windows Phone 7.

Despite being quite a new platform, the developer tools are so advanced that we already have at least 3 dice apps that can roll d20s. Their common denominator is the "Metro" Look of Windows Phone 7: don't try cheap immitations of reality (unless you develop a real game), give the info needed in a clear and elegant way - no shadows, no gradients. Once you get used to that, you'll see that it's an advantage, making applications "fit" into the theme, and facilitating navigation (as the user sees familiar patterns).

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I cannot be very objective in my list, I'll start with my application: Goblin Dice Roller (at 1,29$, or 1,29€ with VAT included).
Here, the focus is on ad-hoc rolls: you can roll very fast what you want for many different RPG systems, faster than with real dice. Some features:

* multiple die sizes (including all dice used for damage rolls)
* automatic rerolling options (rolling for example a second die whenever you roll a 20, handy for 3rd edition critical confirmations) 
* manual rerolling (double tapping a roll in order to reroll only that die, useful for the brutal property) 
* the possibility to send your results to a friend by text or email 
* the possibility to manually remove rolls from your results (useful mostly for Legend of the 5 Rings and 7thSea)
* persistent results even if you switch to another application and come back to Goblin Dice Roller (this is NOT the by-default behaviour of applications in Windows Phone 7, but it is heavily recommended)
* French and German translation
 
The application will  be updated often. Please tell me if you're interested in a possibility to flick the phone to roll the dice (instead of pressing the roll button). I haven't included it because it's always faster to press the roll button, and because the accelerometer is hard on your battery (so I keep it turned off).
I could also expand the auto-rerolling option to reroll not only highs, but lows as well (which would be handy for the brutal weapon property). In this case, rerolling would be replacing the original roll, not adding to it. For the moment, you can have that effect by double tapping the unwanted roll.

An application following a very different paradigm, that will appeal to people who want to simulate the real experience, is DiceBox RPG. It has a free trial mode (as most apps in this list), but you can also get a teaser at www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9dnvp6Q1BQ.
More info at www.boneheadsoftware.com.   
 
 There's also the Dice Bag application (at 2$, or 2€ with VAT included).
The focus is different here: it's optimized for saving your frequent dice pools (like your initiative roll, your basic weapon damage etc). In that sense, it's handy for a DnD player who plays the same character for some time. I haven't tried it yet, but the principle seems nice.
    
Finally, there are two applications called Dice Roller. Only one of them can roll d20s and it is free.
It has the functionality of adding a bonus to one or all your dice, and can roll up to 15 dice.
Otherwise it's quite basic: no selective rerolling,  texting or other advanced features.

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D&D Hit Points Tracker is a handy application for tracking hit points, ongoing damage, healing etc. Simple and efficient. Available for free for 1 character, but 1$ gives you the possibility to have up to 10 different characters.
 
You're welcome to add more entries in this thread! 

Nov 12, 2010 -- 6:23PM, TallAssRob wrote:

I also have a WP7 Dice Rolling app. It's called DiceRollerPro. I focused it on allowing the user to save frequent dice rolls and frequently used modifiers.
DiceRollerPro is available for $1 on the Zune marketplace

Very interesting! It seems more developed than Dice Bag for less money (but I had some trouble with the interface. Example: create a roll of 3d4, change the sign to minus, write 4 in the bonus, then change the sign back to plus and try to save. I had an exception. Nothing difficult to fix, but it needs some polishing.

Nov 13, 2010 -- 7:27AM, TallAssRob wrote:

But maybe thats too complicated and I should just go back to having the +/- sign just control the modifier.

Yes, unless you have a help page, we cannot know this behaviour.