Dice, Under Pressure
by Theresa Bane
A while back I did an article called “Dice, Dice, Baby” where I break down all the different types of dice, what they are called, their actual scientific nomenclature, and what I like about each one, specifically. I feel that “dice” as a subject matter is such a rich topic that one blog simply cannot cover the diversity and complexity of those little bits of colored and numbered plastic thingies. Ergo, a follow-up.
Many and many a year ago I collected dice. Fortunately, being a die-hard* gamer this was a good thing. Each time I rolled up a new character it called for a trip to the local gaming shop. A new character means new dice purchased specifically for that character. It was a sacrosanct tradition, a rule that could not be broken, or OCD, call it what you will.
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We gamers know what that means, and even those people who live in the drabness that is “reality” can comprehend the metaphor well enough, but I doubt they can really imagine it.
