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===Where You Can Buy Go First Dice===
  * U.S.: [[http://mathartfun.com/dSpecial.html|The Dice Shop at MathArtFun]]
  * U.K.: [[http://mathsgear.co.uk/collections/dice/products/go-first-dice|MathsGear]]

===Publications===
  * [[https://www.theguardian.com/science/alexs-adventures-in-numberland/2012/sep/18/puzzler-go-first-dice|2012 article in The Guardian]]
  * [[http://www.ericharshbarger.org/dice/GAMES_MAGAZINE_ARTICLE.pdf|GAMES MAGAZINE, December 2012]]. Much like the newspaper article above, this one is very much not math-focused; it is meant to introduce the concept of Go First Dice to laypeople.
  * [[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367465884_Go_First_Dice_for_Five_Players_and_Beyond|Paper published in January 2023 issue of Recreational Mathematics Magazine]]
  * [[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00029890.2024.2345576?src=|Paper published in the May 2024
 in the American Mathematical Monthly journal]]
  * [[https://wire.auburn.edu/content/ocm/2026/08/08141416-eric-harshbarger-dice.php|August 2026 Article about the giant dice sculpture I created for Auburn University]]
  * [[https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585488-dice-discovered-that-solve-decade-long-mathematical-problem/|August 2026 Article at New Scientist]]
  * [[https://www.fastcompany.com/91595051/these-60-sided-dice-never-have-to-be-rolled-twice|August 2026 Article at Fast Company about the dice and the sculpture of them I built for Auburn University]]
  * [[https://www.iflscience.com/delightfully-pointless-problem-of-who-should-go-first-on-games-night-solved-with-custom-60-sided-dice-84510|August 2026 Article at IFLScience]]
  * [[https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/mathematics/mathematicians-say-these-60-sided-dice-are-the-fairest-in-the-world-designing-them-took-15-years|September 2026 Article at LiveScience]]
  * [[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/unique-mathematical-60-sided-go-first-dice-go-on-display/|September 2026 Article at Scientific American]]

===Video/Audio===
  * [[https://youtu.be/lOu8au63hhk|A talk I gave at the 12th Gathering for Gardner in 2016]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAxiFlmHIAs|A rather rushed talk I gave at G4G15 (Feb 2024) about the current improvements made in GFD research.]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG0zfMslfQs|Go First Dice get a brief mention near the beginning of this video]] (where they are actually used to determine who goes first in the game being demonstrated).
  * [[https://youtu.be/dfcnVkfwd2Q|A video detailing my 3D printed set for 5-players (d20+d36+2d48+d54)]]
  * [[https://youtu.be/Q67OMiubh_0|James Grime speaking about his involvement with Go First Dice research]]
  * [[https://youtu.be/-64UT8yikng|Here is a YouTube video made by a trio of other mathematicians who have been investigating this same question on their own.]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q32heFz1bs|James Grime hosts a Numberphile video about the Go First Dice Problem]]
  * [[https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3182442/buddy-sent-me-set-go-first-dice-gift-what-cool-way|Here's a fellow who gives a favorable review about these dice on BoardGameGeek]]
  * [[https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-2-as-it-happens/clip/16234996-this-type-dice-guarantees-tie-deciding-goes|An interview I gave to the CBC's show "As It Happens", Sep 2026]] & [[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/dice-mystery-board-game-9.7328614|The accompanying written article which goes into a little more detail]]
  * An audio segment I did for AM1150 in Canada (Sep 2026) {{ :09.03.26-dice_01.mp3 |}}
  * [[https://www.wsfa.com/video/2026/09/16/auburn-professor-creates-untie-able-dice/|A news segment from WSFA out of Montgomery, Alabama]]

===Other===
  * [[http://www.ericharshbarger.org/dice/go_first_dice.html|Eric's original Go First Dice webpage]]; you may find a few more bits of trivia on this page that has not been transferred to this wiki.
  * [[http://www.ericharshbarger.org/cgi-bin/basic_perm_check.pl|Perl script that checks for permutation fairness of a dice configuration]]
  * [[http://www.ericharshbarger.org/cgi-bin/dice_perm_util.pl|A more detailed Perl script that checks place fairness and permutation fairness]]
  * [[http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/130357/go-first-dice|Go First Dice entry at BoardGameGeek]]
  * [[https://www.mathpuzzle.com/Fairdice.htm|Webpage about the geometry of fair dice]] by Ed Pegg, Jr.
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