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Virtual Dice Roller

Sum: 7
Product: 6

Number of Dice:
2

Roll Dice

Non-Conventional Dice Roller

Use the following virtual dice roller to mimic
dice that have a different number of faces
from the conventional 6-faced die. The most
common physical dice have 4, 6, 8, 10, 12,
and 20 faces respectively, with 6-faced die
comprising the majority of dice. This virtual
dice roller can have any number of faces and
can generate random numbers simulating a
dice roll based on the number of faces and
dice.

Sides on a Dice: 8

Number of Dice: 2

Start

A dice is typically a small, throwable object

that has multiple faces (most commonly six)
and possible positions that indicate a
number (or something else), used for
generating random numbers and events.
They are typically used for tabletop games,
which include a wide variety of games, as
well as for gambling. Examples of tabletop
games that involve the use of dice include
games like backgammon, Boggle, and
Yahtzee, where dice are a central
component of the game. Some other well-
known tabletop games include Monopoly,
Risk, Dungeons and Dragons, and Settlers
of Catan. There are however, numerous
others.

Dice shapes

The most commonly used dice shapes are

shown in the image, and listed below.

Tetrahedron: 4 faces – the blue die

Cube: 6 faces – the orange, cubic die
Octahedron: 8 faces – the green die
Pentagonal trapezohedron: 10 faces –
the orange, non-cubic die
Dodecahedron: 12 faces – the yellow
die
Icosahedron: 20 faces – the purple die

Although the image shows some of the more

common die shapes, there are many other
polyhedral dice, or dice of other shapes.
There are also non-numeric dice, dice that
do not follow a counting sequence that
begins at one, and spherical dice.

How random is a dice?

Based on probability, a die should have an

equal probability of landing on each of its
faces. However, this is not necessarily the
case with mass produced dice as they
cannot be truly random, since it is difficult to
mass produce dice that are uniform, and
there may be differences in the symmetry of
the dice. Each dice, particularly d20 (20-
sided polyhedral dice) and d8 (8-sided
polyhedral dice) is often unbalanced, and
more likely to roll certain numbers.
How to test how random your dice is:
Although it may not be the most accurate
way to test how random your dice is, one
relatively quick test you can do involves just
a container, some water, and some salt:

1. Get a container that can fit the die you

want to test
2. Fill the container with water, then add
salt and the die to the water – if the die
doesn't float, add more salt until the die
floats
3. Flick the die and take note of which
side faces upwards – repeatedly flick
the dice and record the results

For a well-balanced die, you can expect a

variety of numbers. If it is not well balanced,
you will be more likely to notice certain
numbers occurring more often. However,
unless this test is performed numerous
times, or the dice is heavily unbalanced, the
user is not likely to notice a significant
difference.
There are a number of companies that
manufacture dice, and some more rigorous
tests (than the one described above) have
been performed on dice manufactured by
different companies in an effort to determine
how truly random the dice (mostly d20 dice)
are. These studies confirmed that even dice
manufactured within the same company
under the same conditions could vary
significantly from each other, and are not
truly random. Some companies produced
dice that were more random than others, but
even then, they were not found to be truly
random.
Virtual dice, like the one above, are almost
always based on pseudo-random number
generating algorithms, which are also not
truly random. However, a virtual dice roll is
likely more close to true randomness than
most physical dice.

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