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Every great board game manages the tension between chance and control. Here's how designers use randomness to keep games fair, surprising, and fun for players of all levels.
Dice have been used for randomization for over five thousand years. But not all dice are created equal — and the physics of a fair roll are more interesting than you'd expect.
Blowing on dice, begging the wheel, cursing the coin — we treat random objects as if they have agency. The psychology behind it reveals something fundamental about how humans understand the world.