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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: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: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: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.
File:Dice_players_Pompeii.jpg|Bad luck at dice blamed for eruption of Vesuvius.
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* [[Lucky Spasm Dice Academy]] - school for dice-throwers.
* [[Lucky Spasm Dice Academy]] - school for dice-throwers.
* ''[[Saving Throw]]'' - The Journal of Stochastic Intercessory Prayer
* [[Uncials]]
* [[Uncials]]



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.

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