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[[File:Achilles_Ajax_dice.jpg||thumb|Achilles and Ajax playing dice.]]'''Dice''' (singular '''die''' or '''dice'''; from Old French ''dé''; from Latin ''datum'' "something which is given or played";) are small throwable objects with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers.
[[File:Achilles_Ajax_dice.jpg|thumb|Achilles and Ajax playing dice.]]'''Dice''' (singular '''die''' or '''dice'''; from Old French ''dé''; from Latin ''datum'' "something which is given or played") are small throwable objects with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers.


Dice are suitable as gambling devices for games like craps and are also used in non-gambling tabletop games.
Dice are suitable as gambling devices for games like craps and are also used in non-gambling tabletop games.
== In the News ==
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File:Saturnalia dice Chronography of 354.png|link=Saturnalia and dice (nonfiction)|[[Saturnalia and dice (nonfiction)|Saturnalia and dice]] provide vital outlet for social pressure in ancient Rome.
File:Dungeons and Dragons game.jpg|link=Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)|Plucky young [[Polyhedron (nonfiction)|polyhedron]] learns to play [[Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)|Dungeons & Dragons]], saves entire party.
File:Polyhedral dice.jpg|link=Polyhedral dice (nonfiction)|[[Polyhedral dice (nonfiction)|Polyhedral dice]] ready to play some [[Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)|Dungeons & Dragons]].
File:Dice_players_Pompeii.jpg|Bad luck at dice blamed for eruption of Vesuvius.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


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* [[Lucky Spasm Dice Academy]] - school for dice-throwers.
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* ''[[Saving Throw]]'' - The Journal of Stochastic Intercessory Prayer
* [[Uncials]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


== External links==
* [[Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)]]
* [[Loaded dice (nonfiction)]]
* [[Polyhedral dice (nonfiction)]]
 
External links:


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice Dice] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice Dice] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyhedron Polyhedron] @ Wikipedia
* [http://boingboing.net/2017/01/23/how-to-roll-dice-in-space.html How to Roll Dice in Space] @ Boing Boing


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Latest revision as of 13:26, 15 February 2022

Achilles and Ajax playing dice.

Dice (singular die or dice; from Old French ; from Latin datum "something which is given or played") are small throwable objects with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers.

Dice are suitable as gambling devices for games like craps and are also used in non-gambling tabletop games.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links: