D&D Die Set

steampunkgrrrl · Post by **steampunkgrrrl** » January 7th, 2010, 7:37 pm

Okay...I have a plan. The plan is to create a set of D&D die using origami. I have patterns for a decahedron (d10) and a dodecahedron (d20), but I'm having trouble finding a pattern for d12. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!

Thank you,
steampunkgrrrl

Ben385 · Post by **Ben385** » January 7th, 2010, 7:50 pm

hm, I thouht a D12 was a dodecahedron, and a D20 is an icosahedron?

steampunkgrrrl · Post by **steampunkgrrrl** » January 7th, 2010, 8:13 pm

Oops....

...You're right, I'm sorry. ^_^ So I need to be looking for an icosahedron pattern then. Thanks for correcting me!!!! (Otherwise it would have been a really long search.....

)

Ben385 · Post by **Ben385** » January 7th, 2010, 8:42 pm

John Montroll has a nice one-piece icosahedron in his book, A Plethora of Polyhedra in Origami.

steampunkgrrrl · Post by **steampunkgrrrl** » January 9th, 2010, 5:44 pm

Cool! I will have to check it out then. I'm really starting to get into Modular Origami. ^_^

Post by **origami_8** » January 9th, 2010, 6:13 pm

John Montroll's polyhedra books yet incredible and really recommendable are filled with one square only models.
Sorry, no modular Origami there.

insaneorigami · Post by **insaneorigami** » January 11th, 2010, 10:38 pm

Can someone enlighten me on the meaning of D&D?... I am assuming that it is a game of some sort, because the post was asking for a set of dice..

Post by **origami_8** » January 11th, 2010, 11:10 pm

I guess it means Dungeons & Dragons.

wolf · Post by **wolf** » January 12th, 2010, 4:03 am

It's Dungeons and Dragons. The dice are described using the dX notation, where X is the number of faces, and hence the range of random number it generates:

d4 = 4 faces (tetrahedron)
d6 = 6 faces (cube - your usual 6-sided die)
d8 = 8 faces (octahedron)

and so on.

Montroll's polyhedra lead to unbalanced dice, as they are folded from single sheets. Some faces have more layers of paper than others, so some faces will come up more often than others.

steampunkgrrrl · Post by **steampunkgrrrl** » January 12th, 2010, 11:16 pm

insaneorigami wrote:Can someone enlighten me on the meaning of D&D?... I am assuming that it is a game of some sort, because the post was asking for a set of dice..

What they said. Plus there's even a 100 sided die.

I will not be attempting that one.

Post by **TheRealChris** » January 13th, 2010, 8:09 pm

still have some left

oh how do I miss those good old days

kehom · Post by **kehom** » January 14th, 2010, 2:22 pm

Well, perhaps you can look into the "Y" module by Francis Ow.
It allows you to assembly Tetrahedron, Octahedron and Icosahedron.
Years ago I folded those modules like mad (the engineering colleagues liked the polyhedrons very much!

).

Like Wolf said, I don't know how balanced the origami dices can be!

Chris, that's an amazing collection! I do too miss those days.... ohh well.

kauiou · Post by **kauiou** » January 25th, 2011, 5:07 am

I would also request him to search in “A Plethora of Polyhedra”. It is a really wonderful book. I am pretty sure that he will find icosahedron in this book. If he doesn’t then I would advise him to search on the internet. Regarding D&D I am pretty sure that it refers to dungeons and dragons.