The Oldest D20 Ever Discovered!

[Neal Litherland]

Did ancient Egyptians play roleplaying games? Have we accidentally stumbled upon the Knucklebone of Fickle Fortune? What were the stakes with this die which, if we look at the timelines, might in fact be older than god? Improved Initiative gives you a snapshot of this strange, and certainly interesting, archaeological discovery.

The Oldest D20 Ever Discovered

[Tacticslion]

Neat!

Here's the museum entry that all this is based on.

I'm curious where you got your general information about the age of the d20? I'd be very interested in following up your sources!

Peace,

~ Tac

[MagusJanus]

So, uh, I would like to apologize to historians everywhere for misuse of my time machine...

[Saint Caleth]

It has letters on it instead of numbers, except the Greek alphabet is 24 letters long. I wonder which letters they left out to get it to fit on a d20.

I guess a d20 is easier to envision than a d24.

[Aaron Bitman]

It's been mentioned here.

[Orthos]

Yup, this is fairly old news =) Cool nonetheless.

[Neal Litherland]

Sources are listed in the blog post itself. The highlighted links are to the texts I used.