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Anyone can roll dice. But for online games, you need an objective roller, capable of generating as many rolls as you need. And if you're GamesByEmail.com, you need quite a few -- over 80,000 every day!
After tinkering with a Lego version, Scott Nesin has constructed the Mark II Dice-O-Matic, a "7 foot tall, 104 pound, dice-eating monster, capable of generating 1.3 million rolls a day." He's got a chain driven dice bucket, 200 dice in a hopper, and a USB camera counting the colored pips.
His page has quite a few nice pictures, but for the real feel of what the Dice-O-Matic is, watch the YouTube video. The sound of hundreds of dice rattling through their random paces . . . glorious!
-- Paul Chapman
Warehouse 23 News: e23: Back To School
Colleges. These institutes of higher learning serve as crucibles for the young minds of the world. The events and decisions of this period often determine the course of entire lives. GURPS Classic: IOU is unique, however. It could determine the course of several of your lives. Provided you survive, of course.
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