Louis Zocchi, games industry pioneer, has died

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• Louis Zocchi, founder of Gamescience (1974), died at 91.
• First to bring polyhedral dice to the US market; invented D3, D5, D14, D24, and D100.
• Pioneered precision dice manufacturing, exposing how standard dice favor certain numbers.

Discussion

• Attendees recalled his infectious, Doc Brown-like demo energy at GenCon.
• Discussion on imprecision in mass-produced dice vs Gamescience’s exacting tolerances.
• Reflection: ‘I never realized someone had to invent polyhedral dice.’

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