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Mar 07, 2005 14:04

"Mit den Fursten der Finsternis habe ich Wurfel gespielt."

Thanks to Lawrence Maynard's article "What is Dice 'Fairness' Anyway?" here's the argument for the acceptance of a non-isohedron like the Trapezohedron as a "fair die:" ` ` (Although) it's actually a dual polyhedra shape that doesn't satisfy the conditions to make it an isohedron (it ( Read more... )

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yeah, well papa_monzano March 7 2005, 14:23:46 UTC

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Re: yeah, well aethyrflux March 8 2005, 11:48:53 UTC

i did say above that you were good for comic relief... and i have been enjoying y'all's funny books!

eposia March 7 2005, 18:31:50 UTC

I have that same green d20!

“Would you like to come upstairs and see my polyhedra?” aethyrflux March 8 2005, 12:02:45 UTC

i have no secrets, just well-secured treasures
which i will gladly share with worthies such as you and yours

taral March 7 2005, 22:31:06 UTC

I also don't like the d10. So I just take a d20 and mod 10.

Not a big fan of the d8 either.

aethyrflux March 8 2005, 12:12:07 UTC

my friend trans_simian has some clever things to say about "using 1d10 and 1d12 to simulate any existant dice" (well, he means the common ones, and he clarifies that this will work to simulate any dice with a number of sides that can be factored with the numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6) ...but that won't quite manage _all_ of the dice on this list...

mrfang March 9 2005, 11:10:39 UTC

"inspired by a Lovecraftian tale that introduced the Order of the Shining Trapezohedron among its protagonists, LaVey formed the Order of the Trapezoid within the Church of Satan."

I had previously felt that there was some connection between LaVey's "Law of the Trapezoid" (published in the Devil's Notebook and elsewhere) and HPL's unearthly angles.

aethyrflux April 6 2007, 19:33:06 UTC

here's a pertinent quote from a statement from The Temple of Set's Order of The Trapezoid"The significance of the trapezoid itself came from its suggestion of perspective and the distortion of that perspective in such UFA films as _The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari_ and _The Golem_. From ritual use of similar angles and planes in such ceremonies as "Die Elektrischen Vorspiele" [in _The Satanic Rituals_], Anton LaVey made observations culminating in his "Law of the Trapezoid ( ... )

mrfang April 8 2007, 02:20:38 UTC

Just make sure this newfangled effigy doesn't swallow up any particpants using acute angles that behave as if they're obtuse.

mrfang April 8 2007, 02:22:38 UTC

Wow, I really did just misspell 'participants.'