The gaming world is abuzz with an online auction being held at Christies.com for a Roman twenty-sided die (d20). Check it out for yourself.
The item’s described as a “Roman Glass Gaming Die” that was created around the 2nd century A.D. It’s deep blue-green in color, and has different symbols carved into each of its twenty faces.
According to the auction page, no one knows what game it was used for, and naturally, thousands of geeks are pondering possible ancient role-playing games and debating the exact Latin translation of “Critical Hit!”