"New Shape—The Scutoid! Next, New Dice?" Topic
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 Parzival  | 31 Jul 2018 1:35 p.m. PST |
Scientists have found a new shape!
link Forms in nature, allows cells to fit together, etc, etc… But what we really want to know is can you roll it? Clearly we need scutoid dice! (Too bad it's not a regular solid, so it will be quite a challenge). 
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| Winston Smith | 31 Jul 2018 2:34 p.m. PST |
Unless I'm rolling for a fail printed on the end, it's not going to stand on its end. I have my doubts about the triangular thingie too.
How many sides does it have? Someone alert Lou Zocchi! |
| Stryderg | 31 Jul 2018 4:17 p.m. PST |
Looking at the line drawing, it has 8-ish sides. Not sure what makes it an efficient shape, though. |
| bsrlee | 01 Aug 2018 1:59 a.m. PST |
A pentagonal prism with one corner chamfered. Interestingly, the pentagonal prism was used in games of change in Medieval Spain as a D7, with numbers on the 5 rectangular sides as well as the ends. |
 Kaiju Doug | 08 Aug 2018 7:20 a.m. PST |
Does grinding a corner off a D6 so it always comes up 1 or 2 count as a new shape? The boys in my game group say no. (smile) |
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finds a 3D model on the internet, and tries to turn it into a wargaming model.