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How Would You Design a Two-Sided Die That Isn't Flat?
Think about it for a sec, then see if you'd have thought of these
If you were tasked with designing a
two-sided die, what would you come up with? Let’s say the only criteria is that
it cannot be a coin, as it must roll inside of a dice-roller like Wyrmwood’s
Dice Tower.
The easiest way to solve the
problem—and only change the printing, without having to go to new tooling—is
like this:
Some of you would argue that’s a
cop-out, but you can’t deny that it works. I find the following solution a bit
more interesting:
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Downloadable on Thingiverse Still, some of you cry, that form factor is really a four-sided die.
Via You Imagine Dice collector Justin Mitchell has
found this solution that rolls…
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be thrown:
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to read the one directly above.
Nvenom8 Designs sells this two-sided
die on Shapeways…
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Enter a caption (optional)…but I’m not sure how well it rolls.
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Any of you have better ideas? I
think this would make for a fun assignment to slap first-year ID students with.
And to make it more interesting, the students could also be forced to design a
game with the die whereby they gamble their tuition money against one another.
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I saw the headline and an image popped into my mind.
I like the idea of an hour glass style shape of a high density, encased in a sphere of low density material that leaves the top and bottom of the hour glass uncovered (i.e. flat). Similar in overall shape to Justin Mitchell's concept, but the favourable weight distribution should help it role on to one face or the other.
2 cones glued together, like in this picture. You can even round the pointy ends a bit. One band cut out on one side, 2 bands cut out on the other to mark the value.
(the triangle thingy has nothing to do with it, just a picture I found)
2 cones with their bases glued together
My first thought was: an inflated coin. It has a volume, but maintains its rim.
Never mind, Justin Mitchell did that
Brilliant Read....