MIT students roll giant D20 to honor Gygax

MIT students honored the dear departed geek hero Gary Gygax (creator of Dungeons and Dragons) by fabricating a gigantic D20 and rolling it into the notorious prank zone Killian Court. Eric Schmiedl's got a gallery of great photos of the natural 20 in all its glory. Link (via Laughing Squid)

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franko

i wish they had a photo from above so we KNOW it’s a 20, instead of taking their word for it.
Sawdust

I looked at the nine photos on that site and noted the numbers that are visible. Assuming that the die was constructed traditionally, then numbers on opposite sides of the 20-sided die should add up to 21 (just as opposite sides of a normal 6-sided die add up to 7).
The only number pairs that cannot be accounted for are 7 & 14 and 1 & 20. So, the die must be “showing” one of those four numbers, which fits with the previous poster’s comment that it must be 20 (which, of course, seems the best choice if one was going to place the die in a particular position).
Double damage! :-)
ontheblobdotnet

Does anyone know what number it rolled?
franko

i didn’t know that factoid, sawdust — thank you! i can sleep easier tonight knowing that they did gary a solid.
Takuan

the last one
Elorin

I continue to be thrilled at the tributes to Gary Gygax’ passing, including hearing yesterday as my boyfriend installed an update for WoW that it was dedicated to Gygax.
technogeek

Anyone know which team was responsible?
devophill

It does say “natural 20″, so I’d imagine that’s what it rolled.
ncm

Since my brother called it that, I’ve been unable to think of D&D as anything other than “My Guy Does This”. Now you won’t either!
ill lich

Yeah, but if you roll a “3″, it’s still just a “3″, I don’t care HOW big it is.