Re:Louis Zocchi, inventor of the d100, has died
by tgrover on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @05:04AM
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The amount of games that use those kinds of dice make his contribution to tabletop gaming incommensurable. Sad to see him passing. But 91 yo is more than respectable
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Re:Louis Zocchi, inventor of the d100, has died
by melling on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @05:40AM
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91 is respectable for a reasonable man in the early 21st century. A few unreasonable people want a bit more.
Re:Louis Zocchi, inventor of the d100, has died
by jrflowers on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @06:29AM
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And most of them will die before turning 91. Like most people.
Re:Louis Zocchi, inventor of the d100, has died
by zulban on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @08:27AM
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Nothing unreasonable about wanting to live healthy and longer. It's not likely tho.
Re:Louis Zocchi, inventor of the d100, has died
by melling on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @09:13AM
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A guess?
That’s what people always say until science progresses. I remember when we believed HIV would not be treatable.
Science advances one funeral at a time.
Re:Louis Zocchi, inventor of the d100, has died
by TacticalCoder on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @08:01AM
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> But 91 yo is more than respectable
And it still fits on a d100!
Re:Louis Zocchi, inventor of the d100, has died
by bombcar on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @09:22AM
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And it's a respectably high roll!
Re:Louis Zocchi, inventor of the d100, has died
by tonyl on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @07:30AM
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Those of us already over 40 already thats maybe the best we can expect, for 20 y/olds who knows..
Re:Louis Zocchi, inventor of the d100, has died
by YeGoblynQueenne on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @08:19AM
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The "Zocchihedron" is a single die with 100 sides, but most games that use a d100 simulate it with two d10s instead (reading the ones on one d10 and the tens on the other). So the truth is that Zocchi's die is more a novelty and less influential than it might appear at first if you take the title as written.
Re:Louis Zocchi, inventor of the d100, has died
by estimator7292 on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @08:29AM
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Yeah, a real d100 is just too impractical for actual gameplay. Super neat, but two d10s is far more usable.
Re:Louis Zocchi, inventor of the d100, has died
by TacticalCoder on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @02:15PM
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> Yeah, a real d100 is just too impractical for actual gameplay. Super neat, but two d10s is far more usable.
We had one for our AD&D sessions and we'd definitely be using it. AFAIR it didn't necessarily roll for very long but it was a bit hard to make sure what numbers was really the one at the top. Still: it had a cool factor.