Player perceptions of fairness in oddly shaped dice

Dice since the classical era have been some of the most popular object in games, with examples of six sized dice as we know them found in Egyptian grave goods and Roman burials. Over more than a millennium, they have seen diversification. How people have adjusted to, affected by, or embraced these modifications is a subject of this paper. The study presented investigates people's perception of fairness in a pair of dice with a 2D6 distribution. Three pair of dice were presented, each modeling the distribution and proven mathematically to be fair, to the participants and they were asked about their opinion regarding the fairness of these dice. Participants were then able to use the dice via playing the game snakes and ladders. The results so far suggests variety of opinions regarding people's perception of fairness. The study also revealed that participants sometimes preferred to play with the dice they did not consider fair because of the unusual design of the dice or because in the dice rolls, they were getting higher numbers as outcomes.