Tactile braille dice
A tactile die for playing a game, the die comprising a plurality of sides, wherein each side comprises a face having a braille character, each side comprises 3 or more raised border edges surrounding the face, and wherein one of the 3 or more raised border edges is an indicator edge configured to indicate an orientation of the face, the indicator edge comprising an indent along a length thereof.
1. A tactile die for playing a game, the die comprising a plurality of sides, wherein
each side comprises a face to be read having a braille character,
each side comprises 3 or more raised border edges surrounding the face,
upon being rolled, the die is configured to rest on the raised border edges,
the die will rest on a single side, and a single opposite side comprising the face to be read will face straight up, and
a single one of the 3 or more raised border edges surrounding each face is an indicator edge configured to indicate an orientation of the face to be read, the indicator edge comprising an indent along a length thereof.
2. The tactile die according to claim 1 , wherein the braille character is configured to be read as a number.
3. The tactile die according to claim 2 , wherein the braille character is not preceded by a number-indicating pound sign.
4. The tactile die according to claim 1 , wherein the indent is substantially centered along a length of the raised border edge.
5. The tactile die according to claim 1 , wherein the indent comprises smooth downward-sloped edges.
6. The tactile die according to claim 1 , wherein a lowest point of the indent is flush or about flush with the face.
7. The tactile die according to claim 1 , wherein any two sides share the single indicator edge.
8. The tactile die according to claim 1 , comprising 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, or 20 sides.
9. The tactile die according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator edges are non-linear.
10. The tactile die according to claim 1 , wherein each side comprises 3 raised border edges and a single indicator edge.
11. The tactile die according to claim 1 , wherein each side comprises 4 raised border edges and a single indicator edge.
12. The tactile die according to claim 1 , wherein each side comprises 5 raised border edges and a single indicator edge.
13. The tactile die according to claim 1 , wherein the raised border edges meet at corners, and wherein the corners have an increased surface area.
14. The tactile die according to claim 1 , wherein the raised border edges meet at corners, and wherein the corners are substantially identical in shape.
15. The tactile die according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator edges are linear.
16. A set of tactile dice comprising at least two different die according to claim 1 , the set comprising die having 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, or 20 sides.
17. The set of tactile dice according to claim 16 , comprising 7 different die having 4, 6, 8, 10, 10, 12, and 20 sides.
18. The set of tactile die according to claim 17 , wherein the two different die having 10 sides are differentiated by their corners.
19. The set of tactile die according to claim 18 , wherein one of the two die having 10 faces comprises blunted corners.