2000 Year Old Roman d20 Up For Auction

dolo666 writes "There is a d20 for sale at Christie's. Titled; "A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE", this item dates to circa 2nd Century A.D., and it's likely to go for a mere $6k USD! Just think of the die-hard dice gamer on your list, this festive season! That would make all those late night Cthulhu missions with Lord Nekrull, my 16th level Assassin demi-god, a smashing good time!"

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Re:D&D parody

[the melon]

Its called summoner geeks

http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=220487

TSR stands for

[4ginandtonics]

TSR = Tactical Studies Rules, you geeks.

TSR was the company, I believe, that started in about 1974 with the publication of "Dungeons & Dragons - Rules for Fantastic Medieval Wargames Campaigns Playable with Paper and Pencil and Minature figures"

I know, cuz' I read it on the front of the box, that I still have. ;-)

Re:PVP said it best...

[Alizarin Erythrosin]

For the future, i.e. not today's comic, hopefully this URL will work

Or a direct link to the image if that one doesn't work.

It will sell for more than $6,000

[eric777]

For those not often used to bidding at major auction houses - the estimates are always very conservative. An auction is judged to be succesful if many items beat their estimates.

Did the Bible mention Roman dice?

[Maul]

Matthew 27:35
Mark 15:24
Luke 23:34
John 19:24

I've heard some people claim that when the Roman soldiers "cast lots" as mentioned here, they actually played a dice game to see who would get Jesus' clothing. It doesn't seem to mention dice though. *Shrugs*

Re:You...

[Ossadagowah]

If you were a real nerd you'd know that recent incarnations of Cthulhu (the game) use the d20 rules.

Only the Wizards of the Coast d20 edition, which Chaosium released in order to get some needed cash. They've since dropped support for it, and the d20 book will not be republished. The classic system (called BRP) will continue to use a D100 for all skill rolls and will be free of levels.

This is joyous news for those of us who do not use the d20 system and want to see as many alternatives to it (d6, gurps, fuzion, storyteller, brp, fudge, etc.) as possible.