Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Pair-a-dice

I'm trying to come up with a solution to a common problem -- unwieldy die rolls. Normally I use two d10 to stand in for a d100, but Bill and I always forget which color die we chose to stand for the tens and which for the ones. Bill's good with computers, so he searched the Internet and found a die that claims to be a d100, but we've determined that it produces an uneven frequency distribution. I wouldn't want to be caught using loaded dice! Heck, no!

So, we set to making our own d100. I'm not sure my math is right, but I think to have the surfaces big enough to land on, it would have to be about 70 centimeters in diameter. That will be hecka loud rolling on my apartment floor, but that's the price of good gaming. Hopefully, we'll get to carving it this weekend.

Monday, April 2, 2007

Lasers?

The Mission Galactica marathon was everything I'd hoped it would be. My friend Bill says I should upgrade to Laser Disk, but I'm not so sure. It already cost me a bundle to change over from Beta to VHS. I'm not sure I want to make the switch again. Besides, my only copy of Chess is on VHS, and I'd hate to miss out on my fortnightly viewing of that musical. You just can't beat Björn Ulvaeus for lyrics.

Oh, heck no.