"'Hellenic' dice" Topic
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| wyeayeman | 01 Mar 2018 12:17 p.m. PST |
I have seen Roman or Latin dice. But does anyone do Greek or Hellenic sort of dice. |
robert piepenbrink  | 01 Mar 2018 12:30 p.m. PST |
In Classical times, they used letters in the Greek alphabet for numerals 1-10. I'm sure someone could make them for you, but you might be a bit before you could read them as fast as Arabic or Roman, and I imagine your opponents will be something less then thrilled. Now, if you're doing the Trojan War, in Cretan Linear B, 1-6 would just be a matter of hash marks, which is readable, but dull. My advise would be to put a Spartan--or Athenian or Theban-shield device in place of the 1 or the 6 and leave it at that. |
| Vigilant | 02 Mar 2018 6:18 a.m. PST |
The response at our club would be "BANNED". We have enough trouble with Roman numerals without adding another form that we can't read. |
| N Drury | 21 Mar 2018 9:09 a.m. PST |
For dice marked with Roman numerals I've wondered if IIII in place of IV (as on a clock face) might be easier to read, less easy to mistake for VI viewed from any orientation. |
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