A Brief History of Dice

[PnP News Bot]

Check out this new article Wizards of the Coast posted recently:

A Brief History of Dice

A Brief History of Dice

[gurusloth]

For those who read to the bottom of the article and were stumped on the dice challenges:

4 to 66 = 3d20 + 1d6

8 to 26 = 2d10 + 6

Also, another solution for '3 to 16' (the one listed in the article is '2d6 + 1d4) is '2d4 + 1d8'. Theirs is a bit better, though.

[gdmcbride]

For those who read to the bottom of the article and were stumped on the dice challenges:

[spoiler]4 to 66 = 3d20 + 1d6

8 to 26 = 2d10 + 6[/spoiler]

Also, another solution for '3 to 16' (the one listed in the article is '2d6 + 1d4) is '2d4 + 1d8'. Theirs is a bit better, though.

See for 3 to 16 I prefer:
1d10 + 1d4 + 1d2 (flip a coin!)

It is a cool little article, though. Dice are a very integral and yet rarely studied part of gamer culture. I can't believe though that they failed to mention the 1977 blue-book box set that had random chits you could pull out of a cup instead of dice.

Gary

[Farcaster]

random chits you could pull out of a cup instead of dice.

I've used that method before in a pinch.