Talk:Four-sided die

Stub

Why is this listed as a stub? Look fine to me. --Drmike 14:27, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

If this is a stub, perhaps all such dice articles should be merged into one page? Polyhedral dice, maybe?

NGDA

Who are they? Google reveals nothing of use (except this page) --Lardarse 05:57, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Caltrops

Would the following link be sufficient to act as a source for the Caltrop nickname of the four-sided dice? http://diceaholic.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/dungeons-and-dragons-dice-dd-dice/ I'm not very well versed in the notability rules for sources. 98.202.95.55 (talk) 17:25, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

It could be - the best place to go would be WP:RS/N. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 17:41, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

That page is daunting. Do I just edit the talk page and ask if it is appropriate? 98.202.95.55 (talk) 00:03, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Go to where it says 'Click here to start a new discussion' and follow that link to ask your question. 24.12.74.21 (talk) 01:46, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

The source is not reliable as it is not the blog of a well-known expert. Binksternet (talk) 20:16, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm fairly certain 4-siders (especially the original yellow TSR ones) have been called "caltrops" (when they're called anything printable at all) by anyone unfortunate enough to step on one barefoot. Given that their original users had started as medieval-focused wargamers, it would be more surprising if they didn't use the term. That's going to be a bear to document, though, because it's gamer slang, the sort of thing that nobody ever really wrote down. By the time the academics of the world even noticed that the RPG subculture existed, those needle-sharp TSR four-siders (which I know from personal experience could, and did, draw blood) had been long ago replaced by less pointy ones, so the use of the "caltrop" nickname was probably less widespread. Worldwalker (talk) 20:42, 7 November 2016 (UTC)