Entry for 14th january, 2009 - Ten Things I Love About Dungeons and Dragons #1

The first thing I love about Dungeons and Dragons is, of course, the funny shaped dice. For those of you who have never played the game, vital moments are determined by the roll of dice.
Hoiwever, the game does not really simply on conventional dice with 6 sides. In dungeons and dragons, there are dice with 4 sides, 8 side, 10 sides, 12 sides and even 20 sides. It is like a geomotrist’s wet dream. If Pythagoras turned up to a session of D and D, he would need to sit with a cushion on his lap.
And the dice are one of the main reasons that I like D and D. It makes the whole thing seem vaguely magical. True D and D players keep their dice in a little pouch, which makes them seem like runes. And I guess they are – little objects of randomness. Adventure generators.