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Louis Zocchi, inventor of the d100, has died (icv2.com)
guyzero 1 hours ago [-]
More than just the d100 he was a pioneer of being very exacting when it came to making polyhedral dice. See http://www.1000d4.com/2013/02/14/how-true-are-your-d20s/
sgbeal 50 minutes ago [-]
> More than just the d100 he was a pioneer of being very exacting when it came to making polyhedral dice.

Absolutely, but i couldn't fit all of that into the subject line ;) and he's best known for the d100. Many of us remember the articles and ads from the 1980s describing the effort he put into that particular die.

benj111 6 minutes ago [-]
I've never played any games that require this, but the Wikipedia page makes reference to percentage rolls, but wouldn't you need 101 sides to get 0% and 100% for that?
pcblues 13 minutes ago [-]
I just throw 17d6 and subtract 2.

Problem solved.

(I am joking!)

01HNNWZ0MV43FF 60 minutes ago [-]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zocchihedron

I didn't see a picture of Zocchi's d100, Wikipedia has one

pcblues 13 minutes ago [-]
Interesting they had to redistribute the numbers to take account of its natural bias.
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