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.
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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.