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  2. Dice notation - Wikipedia

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    For instance, 4d6−L means a roll of 4 six-sided dice, dropping the lowest result. This application skews the probability curve towards the higher numbers, as a result a roll of 3 can only occur when all four dice come up 1 (probability ⁠ 1 / 1,296 ⁠), while a roll of 18 results if any three dice are 6 (probability ⁠ 21 / 1,296 ...

  3. Four-sided die - Wikipedia

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    Four-sided dice, abbreviated d4, [1] are often used in tabletop role-playing games to obtain random integers in the range 14. Three forms exist of this die : a tetrahedron (pyramid shape) with four equilateral triangle -shaped faces, a rectangular prism with rounded or pointed ends, and an elongated long die with four triangular faces.

  4. Glossary of tables game terms - Wikipedia

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    The player rolls the dice. For each number on a die, the player must move either one man (piece, checker) forward by the same number of points on one die and a second man by the number on the second die; or one man by the sum of the two dice, provided that the intermediate point (corresponding to a single move based on one of the dice) is not ...

  5. Bo Bing (game) - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Six dice in a bowl: a roll of 1-2-3-4-5-6 is a ... Scenario 1: Three 4-faces, any number for the three ...

  6. Diceware - Wikipedia

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    Diceware is a method for creating passphrases, passwords, and other cryptographic variables using ordinary dice as a hardware random number generator. For each word in the passphrase, five rolls of a six-sided die are required. The numbers from 1 to 6 that come up in the rolls are assembled as a five-digit number, e.g. 43146. That number is ...

  7. Dice - Wikipedia

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    A long die intended to be rolled lengthwise. When the die is rolled, one edge (rather than a side) appears facing upwards. On either side of each edge the same number is printed (from 1 to 3). The numbers on either side of the up-facing edge are read as the result of the die roll. 4 Capped 4-sided long die: A long die intended to be rolled ...

  8. Intransitive dice - Wikipedia

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    Consider the following set of dice. Die A has sides 2, 2, 4, 4, 9, 9. Die B has sides 1, 1, 6, 6, 8, 8. Die C has sides 3, 3, 5, 5, 7, 7. The probability that A rolls a higher number than B, the probability that B rolls higher than C, and the probability that C rolls higher than A are all ⁠ 5 / 9 ⁠, so this set of dice is intransitive. In ...

  9. Yahtzee - Wikipedia

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    After the first roll the player can save any dice they want and re-roll the other dice. This procedure is repeated after the second roll. The player has complete choice as to which dice to roll. It is possible to re-roll any dice that were or were not rolled before. [4] The Yahtzee scorecard contains 13 different category boxes.