Sometimes I think the Catholic church is right to fear Dungeons and Dragons.\u00a0 There are pearls of wisdom there that threaten society’s core.\u00a0 Today, for me, it’s dice.<\/p>\n
Many people worship randomness– from horoscopes to sports to stocks– and find great strengths in it.\u00a0 The trick to building a divine system of randomness is to ensure long tails: that unlikely events still happen.\u00a0 In D&D, it’s called a critical hit.\u00a0 Usually, success is determined by a 20-sided die, and good things happen if you roll high.\u00a0 If you roll a 20, great things might happen: to find out, you roll again (and again, as needed).<\/p>\n
I’m making a system of randomness not as a solution, but to learn from the long tail.\u00a0 The general rules are simple:<\/p>\n
All the other rules grow organically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sometimes I think the Catholic church is right to fear Dungeons and Dragons.\u00a0 There are pearls of wisdom there that threaten society’s core.\u00a0 Today, for me, it’s dice. Many people worship randomness– from horoscopes to sports to stocks– and find great strengths in it.\u00a0 The trick to building a divine system of randomness is to … Continue reading Trying a new system<\/span>