[net.games.frp] Purim

robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) (11/09/84)

In article <229@mhuxi.UUCP> dsg@mhuxi.UUCP (David S. Green) writes:

>What are the odds of winning at dreidel? 

More facinating to me in recent years is that Fantasy Role Game Players
(Dungeons and Dragons, etc.) use a pyramid shaped object when they
need a four-sided die.  The pyramid is a nuisance to "roll" and to read.
But these game players don't seem to have tried driedels yet.

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dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) (11/13/84)

In article <1244@eosp1.UUCP> robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) writes:
|| 			  The pyramid is a nuisance to "roll" and to read.
|| But these game players don't seem to have tried driedels yet.

Nah, they'd get bored waiting for it to stop spinning.

Dave Sherman
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dave@gitpyr.UUCP (David Corbin) (11/13/84)

> More facinating to me in recent years is that Fantasy Role Game Players
> (Dungeons and Dragons, etc.) use a pyramid shaped object when they
> need a four-sided die.  The pyramid is a nuisance to "roll" and to read.
> But these game players don't seem to have tried driedels yet.
> 
> 	- Toby Robison (not Robinson!)
 
Well, since driedels are top-like, I imagine it would take to long for the
die-spin to finish. Also, consider, when a player has to roll 20 4-sided
dice, it is a lot easier to take a handful of pyramids, and throw them, than
it is to spin 20 tops.


David Corbin 
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