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Illegal Rolling

Posted By: Barry Silliman
Date: Monday, 10 May 2010, at 2:19 a.m.

In Response To: Illegal Rolling (Seth)

The spirit and intent of the rule for a legal roll is so that a random roll is obtained. Part of this randomness is for the dice to be tossed such that the dice roll freely on the board. This is also why precision dice have curved corners- in order to facilitate more bouncing and rolling than regular dice. When dice are dropped vertically from a cup, they are prone to land flat more often than if they are tossed in the more customary manner, and hence bounce less. For this reason, no matter what semantics arguments might arise as whether a drop equals a toss, I believe that the vertical drop as you described violates the spirit and intent of the rules, and I would rule that the technique that you described is illegal.

Messages In This Thread

• Illegal Rolling
  Seth -- Sunday, 9 May 2010, at 9:24 p.m.
  • Illegal Rolling
    Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 9 May 2010, at 9:33 p.m.
    • Illegal Rolling
      Seth -- Sunday, 9 May 2010, at 9:39 p.m.
      • Illegal Rolling
        Seth -- Sunday, 9 May 2010, at 9:44 p.m.
      • Illegal Rolling
        Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 9 May 2010, at 9:47 p.m.
        • Illegal Rolling
          Leonardo Jerkovic -- Sunday, 9 May 2010, at 10:04 p.m.
          • Illegal Rolling
            Elliott Winslow -- Friday, 14 May 2010, at 2:27 a.m.
  • Illegal Rolling
    Barry Silliman -- Sunday, 9 May 2010, at 11:17 p.m.
    • Illegal Rolling
      Seth -- Sunday, 9 May 2010, at 11:59 p.m.
      • Illegal Rolling
        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 12:05 a.m.
      • Illegal Rolling
        Timothy Chow -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 12:18 a.m.
      • Illegal Rolling
        Barry Silliman -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 2:19 a.m.
      • Illegal Rolling
        Rich Munitz -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 2:57 a.m.
        • Illegal Rolling
          Stick -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 3:33 a.m.
          • Illegal Rolling
            Bill Riles -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 4:09 a.m.
          • Illegal Rolling
            Rich Munitz -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 4:20 a.m.
  • Illegal Rolling
    Bill Riles -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 3:25 a.m.
  • Illegal Rolling
    garyo -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 3:36 a.m.
  • Illegal Rolling
    phil Simborg -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 8:14 a.m.
  • Illegal Rolling
    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 8:15 a.m.
  • Illegal Rolling
    neilkaz -- Monday, 10 May 2010, at 5:04 p.m.