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Friday, June 18, 2021
CONTINUITY: Roman D20
Roman rock-crystal icosahedron (20-sided dice) used in fortune-telling. Each face has a Latin letter on it and a corresponding Roman numeral. Such polyhedral dice were thrown to obtain a number, which was then matched with pre-prepared oracle answers in a divination handbook. pic.twitter.com/rKInqlFoO4
— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) June 17, 2021
Fourmilab's Decide program can compute arbitrary expressions in dice notation.
Posted at June 18, 2021 11:31