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Method for describing dice rolls
Dice notation (also known as dice algebra, common dice notation, RPG dice notation, and several other titles) is a system to represent different combinations
Dice_notation
Marked objects for finding random numbers
extra or fewer dice. To keep track of rolls easily, dice notation is frequently used. A role-playing dice set typically comprises seven dice: one each of
Dice
Fantasy tabletop role-playing game
(agility) and Körperkraft (strength). They are determined by 1d6+7 in dice notation (8–13). The weight the character can carry is equal to strength × 100 ounces
The Dark Eye (role-playing game)
The_Dark_Eye_(role-playing_game)
Fantasy tabletop role-playing game
This was corrected in the game's second edition. Roleplaying game dice notation is formatted as "d[number]", such that an ordinary six-sided die is
F.A.T.A.L.
Topics referred to by the same term
some versions of FORTRAN and BASIC Dice notation, dice algebra in gaming D-notation (sometimes called Euler notation), one way of writing derivatives in
D_notation
Tabletop role-playing game system
"Fudge dice" which have an equal number of plus, minus, and blank sides. A number of these dice are rolled, usually four at a time ("4dF" in Fudge dice notation)
Fudge (role-playing game system)
Fudge_(role-playing_game_system)
Any of the five regular polyhedra
role-playing games. Such dice are commonly referred to as dn where n is the number of faces (d8, d20, etc.); see dice notation for more details. These
Platonic_solid
Tabletop role-playing game system
(Shipbuilding/TL0). GURPS uses six-sided dice for all game mechanics using standard dice notation. An "average roll" of three six sided dice generates a total of 10.5;
GURPS
Polyhedron with 10 faces
patented for use as a gaming die (i.e. "game apparatus") in 1906. These dice are used for role-playing games that use percentile-based skills; however
Pentagonal_trapezohedron
Science fiction tabletop role-playing game
two highest dice in their dice pool. Cortex Plus uses polyhedral dice common to many role-playing games and uses standard dice notation, ranging from
Firefly_Role-Playing_Game
Chess variant in which dice are used to alter gameplay
opponent's king. This section uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Here is a sample game of dice chess: White rolls doubles, allowing her to
Dice_chess
Unicode block
from a variety of categories: astrological, astronomical, chess, dice, musical notation, political symbols, recycling, religious symbols, trigrams, warning
Miscellaneous_Symbols
Topics referred to by the same term
Disdyakis triacontahedron, a 120-sided polyhedron, written as "d120" in dice notation Jodel D.120, an aircraft This disambiguation page lists articles associated
D120
Methods for describing backgammon moves and/or positions
forth. Dice rolls are shown either as "4-2" or "42", denoting a roll of four on one die and two on the other. Moves are recorded using the notation: 4-2:
Backgammon_notation
Board and dice game for two players
Backgammon is a two-player board game played with counters and dice on tables boards. It is the most widespread Western member of the large family of tables
Backgammon
Generic role-playing game system developed by Greg Stolze
is rolled. The shorthand notation for Hard Dice is hd and Wiggle Dice is wd, so a Dice pool of six regular dice, two Hard Dice and one Wiggle Die would
One-Roll_Engine
Situations involving imperfect or unknown information
true value of the future quantity will be, as in the case of a roll of the dice. Variability is quantified by a distribution of frequencies of multiple instances
Uncertainty
Medieval chess variant
played on a 12×12 board. The king moves as like modern king. Its Betza notation is thus K. Castling does not exist in Grant Acedrex. However, on its first
Grant_Acedrex
Language and format for business process modeling
since 2008. BPML was useful to OMG in order to enrich UML with process notation[citation needed]. BPML, a superset of BPEL, was implemented by early stage
Business Process Modeling Language
Business_Process_Modeling_Language
Names of numbers in English
decimal point. Thus one-half would be written 0.5 in decimal, base ten notation, and fifty thousand as 50 000, and not 50.000 nor 50,000 nor 50000. In
English_numerals
Type of quantum mechanics theory
the Old One's secret. In any event, I am convinced that He is not playing dice. Niels Bohr reportedly replied to Einstein's later expression of this sentiment
Hidden-variable_theory
Particle, atom or molecule with a net electrical charge
charge is known as a dianion and an ion with a +2 charge is known as a dication. A zwitterion is a neutral molecule with positive and negative charges
Ion
Quantity in information theory
} The use of the notation I X ( x ) {\displaystyle I_{X}(x)} for self-information above is not universal. Since the notation I ( X ; Y ) {\displaystyle
Information_content
Probability problem
problem concerning the probability of throwing sixes from a certain number of dice. In 1693 Samuel Pepys and Isaac Newton corresponded over a problem posed
Newton–Pepys_problem
Dice game
Cacho is a popular dice game from Latin America. It is similar to Yahtzee/Yatzy. The purpose of the game is to roll five dice and score points from their
Cacho_(Bolivian_dice_game)
Music in which some element of the composition is left to chance
(also aleatory music or chance music; from the Latin word alea, meaning "dice") is music in which some element of the composition is left to chance, some
Aleatoric_music
Polyhedron made of 12 congruent kites
twelve faces which are congruent kites. It can be described by the Conway notation dA6. It is an isohedral (face-transitive) figure, meaning that all its
Hexagonal_trapezohedron
Branch of mathematics concerning probability
the subset {1,3,5} is an element of the power set of the sample space of dice rolls. These collections are called events. In this case, {1,3,5} is the
Probability_theory
Words, phrases and symbols for numbers of the Etruscan language
gambling dice, from many different ages and locations, with numbers marked by dots ("pips"); and a lone pair of dice (the "Tuscanian dice" or "dice of Toscanella")
Etruscan_numerals
Music notation software
accompaniment patterns and musical dice games. Before capella, there was tonica, a program to analyze musical notation. Since some people used tonica mainly
Capella_(notation_program)
Polyhedron with 14 faces
of five, fourteen sided poker dice, Patent US 8074986 B1, Douglas A. Gebhart, filed September 30, 2008. Conway Notation for Polyhedra Try: t6dP6 v t e
Hexagonal_bifrustum
Topics referred to by the same term
highway in Turkey D100 road, a Croatian state road d100, the notation for percentile dice Zocchihedron, a 100-sided playing die Dodge D100 a model of Dodge
D100
Chess variant
two-player, single-board variant of bughouse chess. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Though the four-player "bughouse" chess became
Crazyhouse
gameplay: Board games: Scarnie, Scar-Nee, I.Q. Solitaire, Scarney Dice games: Scarney Dice, Scarney 3000 Card games: Skarney, Skarney Kards Unlike Scarne's
Scarney
Third letter of the Latin alphabet
has advise, devise (instead of *advize, *devize), while advice, device, dice, ice, mice, twice, etc., do not reflect etymology; example has extended this
C
Type of mathematical model
six-sided dice. We will study two different statistical assumptions about the dice. The first statistical assumption is this: for each of the dice, the probability
Statistical_model
Catalan solid with 120 faces
chop" problem. This shape was used to make 120-sided dice using 3D printing. Since 2016, the Dice Lab has used the disdyakis triacontahedron to mass-market
Disdyakis_triacontahedron
Correspondence between quaternions and 3D rotations
Unit quaternions, known as versors, provide a convenient mathematical notation for representing spatial orientations and rotations of elements in three
Quaternions and spatial rotation
Quaternions_and_spatial_rotation
Expected value of a random variable given that certain conditions are known to occur
= f ( Y ) {\displaystyle E(X\mid Y)=f(Y)} . Consider the roll of a fair dice and let A = 1 if the number is even (i.e., 2, 4, or 6) and A = 0 otherwise
Conditional_expectation
Set of all possible outcomes or results of a statistical trial or experiment
results of that experiment. A sample space is usually denoted using set notation, and the possible ordered outcomes, or sample points, are listed as elements
Sample_space
in death Eyes Probably from snake eyes in dice Eyes of Texas From the song, probably an elaboration on dice Flying Nazis Probably because an A looks like
List of poker playing card nicknames
List_of_poker_playing_card_nicknames
Ancient Indian strategy board game
Murray conjectured that the ashtāpada was also used for some old race-type dice game, perhaps similar to chowka bhara, in which the marks had meaning. The
Chaturanga
2024 video game
"nan" or "naneinf", NaN times ten to the power of infinity, written in E notation) Because all numbers (including NaN) will always be compared as unordered
Balatro
Variant of chess
lines of black, he has good chances to win." This section uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. The maharajah can pose a serious threat and even
Maharajah_and_the_Sepoys
14th-century English tables game
The game could also be played with two dice, in which case a third throw of 6 was assumed each time. The notation used in the original manuscript is illustrated
Ludus_Anglicorum
Number measuring the chance an event occurs
the subset {1,3,5} is an element of the power set of the sample space of dice rolls. These collections are called "events". In this case, {1,3,5} is the
Probability
Probability distribution on equally likely outcomes
If two dice were thrown and their values added, the possible sums would not have equal probability and so the distribution of sums of two dice rolls is
Discrete_uniform_distribution
Average value of a random variable
blackboard bold), while a variety of bracket notations (such as E(X), E[X], and EX) are all used. Another popular notation is μX. ⟨X⟩, ⟨X⟩av, and X ¯ {\displaystyle
Expected_value
Sequence of operations for a task
Al-Khwarizmi". The word algorism in English came to mean the use of place-value notation in calculations; it occurs in the Ancrene Wisse from circa 1225. By the
Algorithm
Tabletop role-playing game system
Productions. The system uses dice with 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 sides, described with the standard role-playing game notation of d2, d4, d6, d8, and so on
Cortex_Classic_System
Medieval manuscript of poems and dramatic texts
of Dido and Aeneas, a scene of drinking beer, and three scenes of playing dice, tables, and chess. Older research assumed that the manuscript was written
Carmina_Burana
OASIS standard language for web services
TOSCA, and it is participating in the standardization of such standard. DICE is an EU H2020 funded project offering a model-driven DevOps toolchain to
OASIS_TOSCA
Probability of an event occurring, given that another event has already occurred
sum is no greater than 5. Let D1 be the value rolled on dice 1. Let D2 be the value rolled on dice 2. Probability that D1 = 2 Table 1 shows the sample space
Conditional_probability
Punctuation or diacritical mark (')
This page uses IPA notation for orthographic or other linguistic analysis. For the meaning of how ⟨ ⟩, | |, / /, and [ ] are used here, see this page.
Apostrophe
Traditional board game for two players
World Champion, having won the title in 2024. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. A large body of chess theory has developed since
Chess
Indian mathematician and astronomer (598–668)
Progenitors, twins; Ursa Major, twins, the Vedas; the gods, fires, six; flavors, dice, the gods; the moon, five, the sky, the moon; the moon, arrows, suns [..
Brahmagupta
Selection of items from a set
{n}{k}}={\frac {n(n-1)\dotsb (n-k+1)}{k(k-1)\dotsb 1}},} which using factorial notation can be compactly expressed as ( n k ) = n ! k ! ( n − k ) ! {\displaystyle
Combination
1007/978-3-642-31485-8_3. ISBN 978-3-642-31485-8. Retrieved 22 April 2026. DICE (2014). "DICE 2014 – Developments in Implicit Computational Complexity". dice14
Implicit computational complexity
Implicit_computational_complexity
Former company, publisher of "Dungeons & Dragons"
Dragon Dice, which was released in 1995. Dragon Dice was a collectible dice game where each player started with a random assortment of basic dice, and could
TSR,_Inc.
throwing of dice or coins. The study of the former is historically older in, for example, the law of evidence, while the mathematical treatment of dice began
History_of_probability
Game of symbolic logic
able to recognize a "well-formed formula" (WFF in Łukasiewicz notation), to assemble dice values into valid statements (WFFs) and to apply the rules of
WFF_'N_PROOF
famous 13th-century Spanish manuscript covering shatranj, backgammon and dice named the Libro de los juegos, which is the earliest European treatise on
History_of_chess
Puerto Rican guitarist and songwriter
la Noche simultaneously to his work with the quintet. On May 29, 2007, Se Dice Bisonte, No Búfalo was released. It was the third full-length solo album
Omar_Rodríguez-López
Chess variant with randomized starting position
This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant that randomizes the starting
Chess960
14th-century board game
features – which was commonly thought to derive from the rattling noise of the dice being thrown against the side rail of the board, however, Fiske suggests
Ticktack
Chess variant native to China
elephants, and advisors are removed from the setup. There are several types of notation used to record xiangqi games. In each case the moves are numbered and written
Xiangqi
Fundamental theorem in probability theory and statistics
example of the central limit theorem is rolling many identical, unbiased dice. The distribution of the sum (or average) of the rolled numbers will be well
Central_limit_theorem
Process of changing the face value of a currency unit
ratio can go as high as millions or billions, to a point where scientific notation is used for clarity or long and short scales are mentioned to disambiguate
Redenomination
First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
were planning to wager all their power and wealth "on a single throw of the dice of fate for the sake of the people and the Republic". On the eve of September
Imelda_Marcos
the probability of rolling snake eyes 10 times in a row on a pair of fair dice. (0.000000000000001; 1000−5; short scale: one quadrillionth; long scale:
Orders_of_magnitude_(numbers)
State in southern India
Chess. Benjamin Press. ISBN 978-0-936-31701-4. Chathuranga, four-handed dice chess {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) Ninan, Susan (6 June
Tamil_Nadu
Initial moves strategy of a backgammon game
studied. This is because following the first move in backgammon, there are 21 dice roll outcomes on each subsequent move and many alternative plays for each
Backgammon_opening_theory
20th-century consciously learned American accent
all texts on the topic of American speech and oratory contained phonetic notation. From the 1920s to 1950s, the Mid-Atlantic accent was a popular affectation
Good_American_Speech
Chess variant played on two chessboards by four players in teams of two
which this is done is the bughouse portable game notation (BPGN), an extension of the Portable Game Notation for chess. Software such as BPGN viewer can be
Bughouse_chess
Puritanism, gambling was seen as a stupid folly. Playwrights depicted gambling at dice, cards, and the tables as an aristocratic folly. After 1688 plays portrayed
History of gambling in the United Kingdom
History_of_gambling_in_the_United_Kingdom
Form of backgammon
Austrian board game of skill and chance for two players that is played with dice on a game board similar, but not identical, to that of backgammon (the difference
Trictrac
Game related to chess
rules other than those of the standard chess pieces. Forms of standardised notation have been devised to systematically describe the movement of these. A distinguishing
Chess_variant
American actor, screenwriter (1931–1968)
promazine intoxication" as the immediate cause of death, along with the notation "accident; suicide; undetermined." During the 1960s, drug interaction warnings
Nick_Adams_(actor,_born_1931)
Uniform distribution on an interval
term "uniform" arose from the concept of equiprobability in dice games (note that the dice games would have discrete and not continuous uniform sample
Continuous uniform distribution
Continuous_uniform_distribution
Graphical user interface element
Microsoft license to Version 7.0 of their Sibelius (scorewriter) music notation application, replacing the menu navigation system of prior versions. This
Ribbon_(user_interface)
(1232–1298), who listed pupai (gambling plaques or dominoes) as well as dice as items sold by peddlers during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of Song (r
List_of_Chinese_inventions
French mathematician and lawyer (1601–1665)
whereas betting on throwing at least one double-six in 24 throws of two dice resulted in his losing. Fermat showed mathematically why this was the case
Pierre_de_Fermat
Predominantly Scottish cloth pattern
subdued the tartan's pattern becomes. Unlike in simple checker (chequer) or dicing patterns (like a chessboard), no solid colour in a tartan appears next to
Tartan
Probability theory concept
depends on the nature of the third event. If you roll two dice, one may assume that the two dice behave independently of each other. Looking at the results
Conditional_independence
Problem in probability theory
{\frac {\pi ^{2}}{6c^{2}}}.} Let the random variable X be the number of dice rolls performed before all faces have occurred. The subpower is defined a
Coupon_collector's_problem
Abstract strategy board game for two players
combinatorial game with perfect information. Informally that means there are no dice used (and decisions or moves create discrete outcome vectors rather than
Go_(game)
between two strings, improves on Levenshtein distance Dice's coefficient (also known as the Dice coefficient): a similarity measure related to the Jaccard
List_of_algorithms
Set of points on a line segment with certain topological properties
162–165. ISBN 9783034850513. Stewart, Ian (26 June 1997). Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos. Penguin. ISBN 0140256024. Cantor, Georg (1883)
Cantor_set
Ancient South Asian historical period
emerging and competitions like chariot races, cattle raids, and games of dice, which previously decided who was worthy of becoming a king, became nominal
Vedic_period
1967 studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience
dedicated the song to the American Indians and other minority groups. Musical notation by Hal Leonard contributors identifies the chord as a "F♯m7 chord", also
Are_You_Experienced
Chess variant: goal is to lose pieces
win by checkmating or by being checkmated. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. The rules are the same as those for standard chess
Losing_chess
Catalan solid with 24 faces
of tetrahexahedra are observed in copper and fluorite systems. Polyhedral dice shaped like the tetrakis hexahedron are occasionally used by gamers. A 24-cell
Tetrakis_hexahedron
Cross-platform shell based on .NET technology
Security. The PowerShell language supports binary prefix notation similar to the scientific notation supported by many programming languages in the C-family
PowerShell
English polymath (1642–1727)
three scenarios: six dice thrown and at least one six appears, twelve dice thrown and two or more sixes appear, or eighteen dice thrown resulting in three
Isaac_Newton
Archimedean solid with 14 faces
doi:10.2307/3617571. JSTOR 3617571. Erdahl, R. M. (1999). "Zonotopes, dicings, and Voronoi's conjecture on parallelohedra". European Journal of Combinatorics
Truncated_octahedron
Decision rule used for minimizing the possible loss for a worst-case scenario
their value knowing what the others did. Another way to understand the notation is by reading from right to left: When we write v i ¯ = min a − i max a
Minimax
1988 book by John Allen Paulos
speed of light, the number of three-scoop combinations at Baskin-Robbins, dice rolls, the chance of getting AIDS, and the chance of breathing the same molecule
Innumeracy_(book)
Natural number
US), 10.000, or 10 000. In scientific notation, it is written as 104 or 1 E+4 (equivalently 1 E4) in E notation. It is the square of 100 and the square
10,000
Family of stochastic processes
from that collection of pmfs. A bag of dice manufactured using a crude process 100 years ago will likely contain dice that deviate wildly from the uniform
Dirichlet_process
Solid with twenty equal triangular faces
include cartography (where its net shape is employed) and the twenty-sided dice that may have been used in ancient times but are now commonplace in modern
Regular_icosahedron
DICE NOTATION
DICE NOTATION
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Beiss(e), a variant of Beitz 2.English
Americanized spelling of German Beiss(e), a variant of Beitz 2.English : perhaps a variant of Biss. Compare Beese, Bise, Buys, Byce.Hungarian : nickname for someone with a limp or a peculiar gait, from bice ‘limp’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English dyse, dyce ‘die’, ‘dice’, ‘chance’, ‘luck’, probably applied as a nickname for an habitual dice player or gambler or as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of dice. Compare Deas.Possibly also an Americanized spelling of German Deiss.
Female
French
Feminine form of French Bénédict, BÉNÉDICTE means "blessed."Â
Boy/Male
British, English, French, Italian
Dice
Male
English
 Short form of English Richard, DICK means "powerful ruler." Compare with another form of Dick.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. Possibly a variant of Wyche.
Male
French
French form of Latin Benedictus, BÉNÉDICT means "blessed."Â
Female
Yiddish
Yiddish form of Hebrew Diynah, DINE means "judgment."
Girl/Female
Greek
Justice.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Dice.
Boy/Male
Teutonic American English German Shakespearean
Rules the people.
Surname or Lastname
English (Essex) and French
English (Essex) and French : nickname from Middle English, Old French nice ‘foolish’, ‘simple’ (Latin nescius ‘ignorant’). In the 14th century the English word also acquired the sense ‘wanton’ and in the 15th century ‘coy’, ‘shy’, both of which meanings may be reflected in the surname. The sense ‘fastidious’, ‘precise’, ‘minute’ developed only in the 16th century, probably too late to have given rise to any surnames, and the present-day sense of general approbation is not clearly attested until the late 19th century.Americanized spelling of German Neis.
Girl/Female
Greek Latin
Killed for abusing children.
Surname or Lastname
English (Midlands)
English (Midlands) : probably a variant spelling of Vise.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English douce, dowce ‘sweet’, ‘pleasant’ (Old French dolz, dous, from Latin dulcis). This was also in occasional use as a female personal name in the Middle Ages, and some examples may derive from it.Italian : from duce ‘leader’, ‘chief’, probably applied as a nickname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Dyke.
Female
Italian
Pet form of Italian Beatrice, BICE means "voyager (through life)."
Female
French
French form of Latin Berenice, BÉRÉNICE means "bringer of victory."
Girl/Female
Greek
Justice.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a female name Tezia, Teucia, Tietsa, pet forms of Continental Germanic compound names formed with the unattested element þēudo ‘people’, ‘race’.Americanized spelling of German Theiss or possibly Theus.Possibly an altered spelling of Dutch Tijs, from a short form of Matthijs, Dutch form of Matthew.
DICE NOTATION
DICE NOTATION
Boy/Male
Hindu
Moon light
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Glory of Victory
Male
French
Old French form of Latin Quintinus, QUENTIN means "fifth."
Male
Scottish
Scottish surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Gaelic word forba, FORBES means "district, field."Â
Biblical
a son
Boy/Male
Muslim
The prophet
Girl/Female
Irish
Strong.
Female
French
Variant spelling of French Fleurette, FLEURETTA means "little flower."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, German
Strong and Manly; Form of Charles; Man; Strong
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Student who Learned Bow by Watching
DICE NOTATION
DICE NOTATION
DICE NOTATION
DICE NOTATION
DICE NOTATION
v. t.
To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
imp. & p. p.
of Dice
pl.
of Die
n.
The number six at dice.
v. t.
To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice.
v. t.
To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
v. t.
To dine upon; to have to eat.
pl.
of Dice
n.
A player at dice; a dice player; a gamester.
superl.
Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
superl.
Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.
v. t.
To drain by a dike or ditch.
v. i.
To play games with dice.
superl.
Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.
n.
The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice itself; -- called also Iniquity.
n.
Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.
prep.
Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc.
n.
Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die, n.
n.
Dice.