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From: dave@gitpyr.UUCP (David Corbin)
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Subject: Re: Purim
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Date: Tue, 13-Nov-84 08:43:21 EST
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> More facinating to me in recent years is that Fantasy Role Game Players
> (Dungeons and Dragons, etc.) use a pyramid shaped object when they
> need a four-sided die.  The pyramid is a nuisance to "roll" and to read.
> But these game players don't seem to have tried driedels yet.
> 
> 	- Toby Robison (not Robinson!)
 
Well, since driedels are top-like, I imagine it would take to long for the
die-spin to finish. Also, consider, when a player has to roll 20 4-sided
dice, it is a lot easier to take a handful of pyramids, and throw them, than
it is to spin 20 tops.


David Corbin 
Georgia Institute of Technology
Box 34034
Atlanta GA 30332
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