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Maybe they meant the d20 license and OGL? Because I don't see what's mind boggling about a dodecahedron with numbers on it.

For people that are not into the type of games we play the d6 is probably the only dice they have any concept of, or have ever seen. The context of the quote in the video was definitely about the dice, not about a license.
 

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For people that are not into the type of games we play the d6 is probably the only dice they have any concept of, or have ever seen. The context of the quote in the video was definitely about the dice, not about a license.

But the context implies that Wizards of the Coast introduced a twenty-sided die to use with D&D, which seems like an outright silly to say.
 

But the context implies that Wizards of the Coast introduced a twenty-sided die to use with D&D, which seems like an outright silly to say.

And that is why it stands out as a whacky quote.

For all we know the interviewer thought that the d20 was something so unique to this type of game that they had to call it out specifically. That is the context that seems to make sense for this video. The video is an information piece to people that might have never seen, or played these type of games, and it even uses a 20 sided dice!
 

And that is why it stands out as a whacky quote.

For all we know the interviewer thought that the d20 was something so unique to this type of game that they had to call it out specifically. That is the context that seems to make sense for this video. The video is an information piece to people that might have never seen, or played these type of games, and it even uses a 20 sided dice!

I'm sure the interviewer/producer of the segment had no (or very little) prior knowledge of D&D. It's very possible one of the interviewees (in a portion that didn't make the final cut) inadvertently made it sound like they introduced the 20 sided die. It very well could have gone something like this:

Interviewee: "And recently Wizards of the Coast introduced a new version of the game. Here's the Starter Set...it comes with a game booklet, a starter adventure, and some dice. Here, check out this really cool 20 sided die!"

The interviewer may have made the incorrect leap that the 20 sided die was somehow new.
 

Actually, gents & ladies & herms & others,

The icosahedron as d20 (ie, numbered 1 to 20) didn't exist until about 1980.

Prior, the typical icosahedron was marked 0 to 9 twice; it was essentially a d10.

And the modern d10 pentagonal pipyramid was actually the last of the common dice devised.
 


Actually, gents & ladies & herms & others,

The icosahedron as d20 (ie, numbered 1 to 20) didn't exist until about 1980.

Prior, the typical icosahedron was marked 0 to 9 twice; it was essentially a d10.

And the modern d10 pentagonal pipyramid was actually the last of the common dice devised.

Well it looks like the ancient egyptians were already using the icosahedron way before 1980. Maybe it was not labeled 1-20, but the icosahedron did exist.

http://www.cnet.com/news/ancient-d20-die-emerges-from-the-ashes-of-time/
 

A few errors, a few cringes, but still better than I expected. I liked the emphasis on the social aspects of the game - often overlooked by those who haven't tried it.

As an aside, Clem Bastow, with ear prosthetics, no less? Consider me surprised (in a good way).
 

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