dice
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Dice are small objects, typically cube-shaped with numbered sides, used to generate random results when thrown or rolled. They are important tools in games, gambling, and other activities where unpredictable outcomes are needed to determine what happens next.
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22 sectionsContents
- History
- Etymology and terms
- Use
- Construction
- Arrangement
- Manufacturing
- Unicode representation
- Loaded dice
- Variants
- Polyhedral dice
- Common variations
- Rarer variations
- Non-numeric dice
- Alternatively-numbered dice
- Spherical dice
- Applications
- Notation
- Role-playing dice sets and percentile dice
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
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A die (: dice, sometimes also used as ) is a small, throwable object with marked sides that can rest in multiple positions. Dice are used for generating random values, commonly as part of tabletop games, including dice games, board games, role-playing games, and games of chance.