{"id":7744,"date":"2018-05-10T16:12:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T21:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meeplemountain.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=7744"},"modified":"2020-07-12T11:33:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T16:33:43","slug":"why-are-dice-dice-shaped","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.meeplemountain.com\/articles\/why-are-dice-dice-shaped\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are dice, dice shaped?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this new series Playology, I\u2019ll be diving into gaming topics from a historical, cultural, and sometimes even mathematical perspective. This first episode is all about dice, and how we got to the standard polyhedral dice we know and love today. When you\u2019re done watching, you can make your own giant paper dice like the ones in the video using the <a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/a\/CbuIbBv\">image templates here<\/a>. If you make any, be sure to share the results with us here or on social media, and if you have topics you\u2019d like to see covered in other Playology videos, let us know!<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QXjZMsNnZio\" width=\"700\" height=\"390\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Credits<\/h2>\n<p>Writing, Editing, and Narration by Alex Colby<br \/>\nFilming, Editing, Visual and Sound Effects by Julian Crisostomo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know what dice look like, but do you know why they look that way? 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