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Where You Can Buy Go First Dice
U.S.:
The Dice Shop at MathArtFun
U.K.:
MathsGear
Publications
2012 article in The Guardian
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.
Paper published in January 2023 issue of Recreational Mathematics Magazine
Paper published in the May 2024 in the American Mathematical Monthly journal
August 2026 Article about the giant dice sculpture I created for Auburn University
August 2026 Article at New Scientist
August 2026 Article at Fast Company about the dice and the sculpture of them I built for Auburn University
August 2026 Article at IFLScience
September 2026 Article at LiveScience
September 2026 Article at Scientific American
Video/Audio
A talk I gave at the 12th Gathering for Gardner in 2016
A rather rushed talk I gave at G4G15 (Feb 2024) about the current improvements made in GFD research.
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).
A video detailing my 3D printed set for 5-players (d20+d36+2d48+d54)
James Grime speaking about his involvement with Go First Dice research
Here is a YouTube video made by a trio of other mathematicians who have been investigating this same question on their own.
James Grime hosts a Numberphile video about the Go First Dice Problem
Here's a fellow who gives a favorable review about these dice on BoardGameGeek
An interview I gave to the CBC's show "As It Happens", Sep 2026
&
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
A news segment from WSFA out of Montgomery, Alabama
Other
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.
Perl script that checks for permutation fairness of a dice configuration
A more detailed Perl script that checks place fairness and permutation fairness
Go First Dice entry at BoardGameGeek
Webpage about the geometry of fair dice
by Ed Pegg, Jr.