----- Original Message -----
From: Larry C. Lyons
To: CF-Community
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 10:32 AM
Subject: RE: Lucius! Rolleth thine THAC0!
The engineers and artisans in imperial Rome were no slouches. Archeologists
have found some navigational devices makes around 100 BC that were
astonishingly precise. The problems during this period were the materials
used were very basic and almost everything was a one-off product, making it
very expensive compared to now.
I don't think D and D would have been as popular if a die set cost the
equivalent of $1500.
larry
At 11:04 AM 11/30/2003, you wrote:
>In 7th grade woodshop, I tried cutting an icosahedron out of a block of
>wood. I measured everything out, but I still didn't get some of the angles
>right. It had 20 sides, but it was off-balance and some of the vertices
>didn't match up. I'm really impressed by this. I had a bunch of tools at
>my disposal and flubbed it, and the person who did this 1,800 years ago not
>only carved it out of glass, but it looks to have perfect proportions as
>well.
>
>- Jim
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 9:30 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: Re: Lucius! Rolleth thine THAC0!
>
>darn, that would be something to impress the GM's at tne next GenCon .
>
>larry
>
> >20-sided die from ancient Rome up for auction at Christie's:
> >
> ><http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/LOTDETAIL.ASP?intObjectID=420538
>5>http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/LOTDETAIL.ASP?intObjectID=420538
>5
> >
> >- Jim
>
>--
>
>Larry C. Lyons
>
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