Equipment/Dice
Many games on this wiki make use of dice, both standard polyhedral dice and custom dice produced by Looney Labs specifically for certain pyramid games.
Looney Labs Dice
As of 2024, five custom dice have been produced by Looney Labs for the Looney Pyramid line. They are the Treehouse die, the Pyramid die, the Lightning die, and both the icon and dot versions of the Color die.
| Die | Name | First Introduced | First Game |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treehouse Die | 2006 | Treehouse | |
| Pyramid Die | 2009 | Ice Dice | |
| Color Die (Dot) | 2009 | Ice Dice | |
| Color Die (Icon) | 2016 | Pyramid Arcade | |
| Lightning Die | 2016 | Sandships? |
| Treehouse Dice | ||
| Pyramid Dice | ||
| Lightning Dice | ||
| Lightning Dice Symbols | ||
| {{PL|:Bolt|black|3em}} | {{PL|:Atom|black|3em}} | {{PL|:Split|black|3em}} |
| {{PL|:Arrow|black|3em}} | {{PL|:SymbolPyramids|black|3em}} | {{PL|:Recycle|black|3em}} |
| Color Icon Dice | ||
| Color Dice Symbols | ||
| Color Circle Dice | ||
The term "Ice Dice" is sometimes used to refer to the Color die and the Pyramid die gathered together as a pair, as occurs in the board game of the same name: Ice Dice.
You can display any face of any Looney Labs die on your game page by using the dedicated Pyramid Love font on this wiki. Examples are shown below. Learn more on the How to Use Pyramid Love Font page.
Pyramids as Dice
Looney pyramids can also be used as dice. Each pyramid can function as a d2, a two-sided die. The pyramid has two states, upright or flat. If tossed onto a hard surface, the pyramid will likely come to rest flat on any of its four faces, but may land upright instead. However, unlike the usual d2 of choice, the coin, the two outcomes of a pyramid as d2 are obviously not balanced. Individually this feature is not impressive or useful. But if a group of pyramids is tossed, the results can be tallied, counting the pieces that land flat or upright, thus generating a random number. By varying the population of tossed pieces and the result to be tallied, various random effects could be simulated. This method could be used, for example, to simulate the effects of attrition, taxation, or migration.
Additionally, one could mark a pyramid's four faces with unique symbols or numbers, turning the piece into a reasonably fair d4 (barring weight influence due to manufacturing defects) with the added behavior of an unlikely fifth result... upright. This d4/d5 might be useful for determining critical hits or other exceptional events in an otherwise simple die-roll.
Polyhedral Dice
Common Polyhedral dice are frequently abbreviated "d##" where "D" simply designates a die, and ## refers to the number of faces on that die. A "D10" is a ten-sided die. Commonly used dice for games on this wiki include the d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, and d20.
The game Trice, for example, uses the tetrahedral d4.
You can display colorful dice, any face of any die from D4 up to D20, in your game page rules/diagrams by using the dedicated font installed on this Wiki.
| {{CD|:d4-4|coral|3em}} | {{CD|:d6-6|goldenrod|3em}} | {{CD|:d6n-6|darkorchid|3em}} |
| {{CD|:d8-8|teal|3em}} | {{CD|:d10-10|seagreen|3em}} | {{CD|:d10p-70|green|3em}} |
| {{CD|:d12-12|cornflowerblue|3em}} | {{CD|:d20-17|royalblue|3em}} | {{CD|:d20-20|navy|3em}} |
Learn how to do this by reading the How to Use Cards and Dice Font.
Other
Other, more exotic dice that have been used in pyramid game design and play include: Fate Dice (cubical), Fudge Dice (cubical), direction dice (octahedral), and Cthulhu dice (dodecahedral).
For pyramid games that use dice, see Category:Dice. Category:Dice.