So I guess Gigax didn't invent anything...

[DrT]

http://www.christies.com/Lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4205385

Romans played rold playing games, it seems.

Well, what else do you use a D20 for ? :D

[Ecchi_Kitty]

....what else do I use a d20 for, or what else do normal people use a d20 for?

[Mike Taylor]

It's an icosahedron, one of the five Platonic "Perfect Solids", all of which are gaming dice.

D4= Tetrahedron
D6= Hexahedron/Cube (most common of gaming dice)
D8= Octohedron
D12= Dodecahedron
D20= Icosahedron

Gary Gygax may not have invented them, but he was big enough of a geek to know what they were and how to apply them to games. :)

[sableagle]

Wait.

You mean ...

... there isn't a Buckminster Fullerine die yet?

[Mike Taylor]

Wait.

You mean ...

... there isn't a Buckminster Fullerine die yet?

I'm sure Gamescience is working on patenting one as we speak. After all, they brought us the D30 and the D100 (aka "the Golf Ball").

[freiman]

Wait.

You mean ...

... there isn't a Buckminster Fullerine die yet?

Actually, yes.

I believe it's a d-12.

Not positive. I will ask my wife. She is a math professor.

f

[Ecchi_Kitty]

Wait.

You mean ...

... there isn't a Buckminster Fullerine die yet?

Considering the ratio of molecular engineers who are gamers, and gamers who work with bulky balls.... I'd be sorta susprised if there isn't. Probally a bloody pain to read the results of a roll, however.....

[Mike Taylor]

Actually, yes.

I believe it's a d-12.

Not positive. I will ask my wife. She is a math professor.

f

That's a dodecahedron, one of the perfect solids I mentioned. :)