blog.wired.com — Many of us geeks take great pride in the ability to recite the history of role-playing games based on the 20-sided die, but what about the history of the die itself? Apparently it predates the original Dungeons and Dragons by almost two millenia.
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diggzdeJun 17, 2008
Roll as the Romans do.
knytfyreJun 18, 2008
FTAAs the auction catalog notes that several polyhedral dice are known from the Roman era, but remarks, " Modern scholarship has not yet established the game for which these dice were used."Isn't it obvious, a group of DnDers got caught in a vortex when one completed a retributive strike with his staff of the archmage and ended up in Roman Times. Not wanting to let their game die, they carved d20s and continued the quest.
assassyn360Jun 18, 2008
Romans also used copper pipes the same as we use today for plumbing. Copper is a natural germicide...makes you wonder if they knew that.<a class="user" href="http://www.eyci.ca/history/romans.htm">http://www.eyci.ca/history/romans.htm</a><a class="user" href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU">http://youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU</a> Found a vid in Italy showing the central heating by cooper pipes to warm floors in Roman houses.
bitterbugJun 18, 2008
Our GM actually had a 100 sided die. Now that was an amusing waste of money. Rolled all over the place and you had to get up and look straight down at it to be sure you got the number right.
bosssmileyJun 18, 2008
Don't do it! Do you know how awkward it is to multiply in Roman numerals? Crits will take all night to resolve! ;-)
Closed AccountJun 22, 2008
She dead.Zing Zing!