dice

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Dungeons & Dragons is a tabletop roleplaying game where players create fantasy characters and roll dice to determine whether their actions, like a sword attack or a persuasive argument, are successful against their foes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

"It was sort of the throw of the dice."

From BBC • May 14, 2026

“There is no way to slice and dice this report to water down the horrible headline,” writes John Ryding, chief economic advisor at Brean Capital.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

The incident, in reality, is pedestrian—Henry could easily roll the dice again if he wanted to—but it is Armageddon in the UBA, leading to a crisis in both Henry’s life and the world he created.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Since the dice are independent, your chances that a 4 will come up on all three dice are Ye x Vs x Vs — V21&; so, approximately l/216th of the time you’ll win $3.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos