The amount of games that use those kinds of dice make his contribution to tabletop gaming incommensurable. Sad to see him passing. But 91 yo is more than respectable

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YeGoblynQueenne 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

The "Zocchihedron" is a single die with 100 sides, but most games that use a d100 simulate it with two d10s instead (reading the ones on one d10 and the tens on the other). So the truth is that Zocchi's die is more a novelty and less influential than it might appear at first if you take the title as written.

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estimator7292 2 days ago | parent [-]

Yeah, a real d100 is just too impractical for actual gameplay. Super neat, but two d10s is far more usable.

	▲	TacticalCoder 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		> Yeah, a real d100 is just too impractical for actual gameplay. Super neat, but two d10s is far more usable. We had one for our AD&D sessions and we'd definitely be using it. AFAIR it didn't necessarily roll for very long but it was a bit hard to make sure what numbers was really the one at the top. Still: it had a cool factor.

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melling 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

91 is respectable for a reasonable man in the early 21st century. A few unreasonable people want a bit more.

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zulban 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Nothing unreasonable about wanting to live healthy and longer. It's not likely tho.

	▲	melling 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		A guess? That’s what people always say until science progresses. I remember when we believed HIV would not be treatable. Science advances one funeral at a time.

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jrflowers 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

And most of them will die before turning 91. Like most people.

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TacticalCoder 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> But 91 yo is more than respectable

And it still fits on a d100!

	▲	bombcar 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		And it's a respectably high roll!

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tonyl 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Those of us already over 40 already thats maybe the best we can expect, for 20 y/olds who knows..