Introduction
Role playing and simulation games have introduced dice in non-cubic shapes, but the traditional spotted cube has endured the test of time. In fact, dice are credited by several historians as the oldest gambling device invented by man. I would like to take some time to give the humble cube another, more detailed, look. This is not so much an article as a collction of interesting facts.
Western vs Asian Dice
I will assume that every gamester knows that the opposite faces of traditional dice total to seven (1-6, 2-5, 3-4). But did you also know that there are two ways that the spots can be arranged on the cubes, so that you have right and left handed dice. One arrangement is the mirror image of the other. All Western dice are now made with he same handedness; if you place a die on the table with the one spot face up and turn it until the two spot is toward your left, the three will be to the right. |
