[Dixonary] Re: Round 1677 barguest defs - Vote Now

[Bill Hirst]

After discarding all the bars, guests and barges as being too obvious,
I'll pick 10 and 11. I offer no other explanation for my choices, but
you could pretend I rolled an eleven-sided die. (Do they even make
those?)

-Bill

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Bill,

>>you could pretend I rolled an eleven-sided die. (Do they even make
>>those?)

No. AFAIK, only 4-, 6-, 8-, 10-, 12-, and 20-sided dies exist.

Best, Hugo

[Dave Cunningham]

Also 100 sided (specialty item -- I ran a hobby store <g>)

Dave

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Dave,

>>Also 100 sided (specialty item -- I ran a hobby store <g>)

Never seen one of those. They must be close to round - probably takes a
while before they lie still.

I always throw two different colored 10-sided dice for a percentage score.

Best, Hugo

[Daniel B. Widdis]

Hugo Kornelis wrote:
> AFAIK, only 4-, 6-, 8-, 10-, 12-, and 20-sided dies exist.

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice#Non-cubical_dice:

"The platonic solids <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid> are
commonly used to make dice of 4, 6, 8, 12, and 20 faces. Other shapes
can be found to make dice with 5, 7, 10, 16, 24, 30, 34, 50, or 100
sides, but other than the 10 sided, they are rarely used. (See
Zocchihedron <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zocchihedron>.)"

I am now crossing "zocchihedron" off of my list of future woids to deal.

--
Dan

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Dan,

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice#Non-cubical_dice:

Thanks. Interesting read. And nice to find a picture of a 100-sided die
(which looks indeed remarkably like a perfect sphere.

> I am now crossing "zocchihedron" off of my list of future woids to deal.

Yeah - and it would have been a good word, too.

Best, Hugo