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minus-squaredylanmorgan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoThe only dice I trust are Platonic solids. D10s are no bueno, and this D11 bullshit is just silly.
minus-squareGold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoas far as i know (not the furthest) there isnt any solid math saying non-platonic solids are unequal. i think i wrote that confusingly, non-platonic solids used as die seem to be fair.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAny convex isohedral polyhedron is a fair die by symmetry. Non-isohedral dice can be made fair, but only through emperical testing, not symmetry.
minus-squareWR5@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months ago“Nowadays they’re letting just anything be dice! Pentagonal trapezohedron? Next you’re going to tell me a zocchihedron or Catalan solids are going to be allowed in my game!”
The only dice I trust are Platonic solids. D10s are no bueno, and this D11 bullshit is just silly.
as far as i know (not the furthest) there isnt any solid math saying non-platonic solids are unequal.
i think i wrote that confusingly, non-platonic solids used as die seem to be fair.
Any convex isohedral polyhedron is a fair die by symmetry.
Non-isohedral dice can be made fair, but only through emperical testing, not symmetry.
“Nowadays they’re letting just anything be dice! Pentagonal trapezohedron? Next you’re going to tell me a zocchihedron or Catalan solids are going to be allowed in my game!”