MetaFilter posts tagged with dice

Man, you're really random!

bitmage — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:04:16 -0800

Truly random numbers are hard to come by. Mathematical functions can give you pseudorandom numbers... If you need the real thing, look to the chaos of reality in a lava lamp, or radioactive decay. Or, you can build a 7 foot tall, 104 pound, dice-eating monster, capable of generating 1.3 million rolls a day.

Roll 1d20 for save. 9 again? Heh, too bad.

loquacious — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:00:46 -0800

In a must-see interview for tabletop gamers everywhere, Colonel Louis Zocchi talks about modern mass produced plastic dice and why they utterly fail at being random: Part 1 - Part 2

I never hear the rattling of dice that it does not sound to me like the funeral bell of the whole family.

le morte de bea arthur — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:16:13 -0800

Zilch is a nice little (flash) dice game. Via JIG.

Dice!

Demogorgon — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:10:00 -0800

Looking for something unique to bring to your next gaming session? Star-spawn will cringe in fear when they see you have shown up to battle bearing these long-lost relics of R'lyeh. The dwarves have toiled long in the mines and quarries of Khaz Modan, and even crafted the bones and teeth of great ancient beasts to create deadly weapons for your gaming arsenal. Perhaps most impressive and prized of all these unique equipages is this rare trophy of the cold and frozen north. Trap dice. Kama Sutra dice. Monster dice. Cheat dice. Cyberdice. Some awesome knucklebones and hand-made period dice replicas. Pizza topping dice! Also be sure to check out the website of Kevin Cook, the man who boasts the Guiness World Record for largest collection of dice in the world (warning: ugly website). You can browse the dice by theme or look at all of them on a single page.

Let's see him try it with d20.

Rock Steady — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:06:14 -0800

Dice Stacking. Yes, it is a thing. Yes, it is impressive. Yes, it is real. Yes, it is so impressive that you will doubt that it is real.

Jim Goad's 'Answer Me!' just rereleased in deluxe box set -

unpoppy — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:38:39 -0800

Answer Me! the first three, The Rape Issue, The Rape Board Game (includes Rape Dice), and Chocolate Impulse (Goad's hoax fanzine) Jim Goad has been called "The Most Dangerous Man in Publishing" by Penthouse magazine, as he's been writing some of America's most essential reading material in the past 10 years, including the rare white slavery document Redneck Manifesto and the powerful prison industry analysis of Shit Magnet. Answer Me! rereleased boxed set includes all the essential pieces for a collection that is worth getting for the investment value alone even if you arent a fan. Dig in !