Re: The dice are solved for PBeM but wha

From: holzhauer@delphi.com (Jeff Holzhauer)

Date: Sat, 06 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Regarding random number generation for pbm games:

In article <kak112-0505950008270001@ppp54.cac.psu.edu>, kak112@psu.edu (Keith
Kendall) writes: > I seem to remember something about using digits from a
common periodical > that both players have access to.  Something like the
financial pages of > the NY Times or some such.  Does anyone else recall the
specifics of this > method?

I've never actually done this, but I have had it explained to me. Stock
prices are quoted in 8ths of a dollar. What you do is agree on a date and
use the closing stock prices for that date. You can just start at the top
of the NYSE (or, for us internet techy types, NASDAQ might be better)
or pick a particular stock and work down from there. Ignore any 7/8ths
or even dollar amounts.

The other thing you need to do is decide what order the die roles will
be selected in.

Generating die roles other than d6 or d8 is trickier, but we're all smart
people.

Thanks for the bandwidth,

Jeff Holzhauer
holzhauer@delphi.com
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