Dice Server

The dice server provides impartial rolls for players of board games by mail. To use, send a message to dice@pbm.com containing:

#P mail address of a player     [up to 10 #P lines allowed]
#S no. of sides on every die
#D no. of dice for every roll
#R no. of rolls requested
#L no. of rolls printed per line in output
#C comments                     [up to 100 #C lines allowed]
#T subject line of returned mail

Number of sides, dice, and rolls must be in the range 1-1000, inclusive. Number of rolls printed per line must be in the range 1-20, inclusive.

For example:

   From: skrenta@pbm.com (Rich Skrenta)
   To: dice@pbm.com
   Subject: sample

   #P user1@foo.com
   #P user2@bar.com
   #S 6
   #D 1
   #R 2
   #L 2
   #C Line 1: 7 German subs (restricted) vs. 4 fleets, 3 ASW
   #C No SAC.
   #C Please declare sub warfare for next turn.
   #T A3R Game 3H, Spring 1942, SW Resolution

Response:

   From: dice-admin@pbm.com (Dice server)
   Subject: A3R Game 3H, Spring 1942, SW Resolution
   To: Rich Skrenta <skrenta@pbm.com>
   Cc: user1@foo.com
   Cc: user2@bar.com

   Dice rolls requested by: Rich Skrenta <skrenta@pbm.com>

   # Line 1: 7 German subs (restricted) vs. 4 fleets, 3 ASW
   # No SAC.
   # Please declare sub warfare for next turn.
   
   No. of sides on every die:      6
   No. of dice for every roll:     1
   No. of dice rolls requested:    2
   No. of rolls per line:          2
   
   4   6

The dice server is a public service provided by Shadow Island Games.


Rich Skrenta (skrenta@pbm.com)

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