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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zander" data-source="post: 505368" data-attributes="member: 1364">If you use a teetotum/dreidel as a d4 (or for any other game), you might like to know that most teetota/dreidels can be spun on their handles...Hold the teetotum so that its handle is pointing downwards and the vertex you'd normally spin it on is pointing up. The palm of your hand should be facing up with the teetotum's handle held between your thumb and index finger. Now spin the teetotum.  As you release the teetotum, quickly withdraw your hand. The teetotum should land handle down and continue to spin. If the teetotum is vertical when you let go and the axis of rotation is along the length of the teetotum, it won't tumble onto its side the moment it lands. With practice, you can even throw the teetotum some distance and get it to continue spinning on its handle.Spinning a teetotum this way doesn't serve any purpose. It's just a bit of fun. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />~~~A simple way of making a d6-teetotum (maybe that should be 't6'?) is to attach a short handle to a vertex of a d6. Simply make a hole in one corner of a wooden d6 and insert a short stick so that it protrudes just far enough that it can be grasped firmly between two fingers. Glue the handle in place and voila a d6-teetotum.  I have a couple of these.</blockquote>

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