Re: 100-sided dice

From: Daniel W. Johnson (panoptes_at_iquest.net)
Date: 06/20/04 

Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 12:45:14 -0500

Prai Jei <pvstownsend@zyx-abc.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> A 10-sided die is usually implemented as an icosahedron with two sides given
> each of the numbers 0-9. Use two of these with different colours, e.g. the
> black one gives the "tens" digit and the red one gives the "units" digit,
> and that implements your 100-sided die giving numbers 00-99.

*was* usually implemented

At http://www.chessex.com/Dice/Opaque%20Dice/opaquemainpg.htm , take a
look at the foreground of the "Ivory w/black" picture to see the modern
approach to 10-sided dice and eliminating the "tens"/"units" ambiguity. 

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