Interesting find! The game described is a weird mess of rules and math.
That said, there are patents featuring non-cubic polyhedral dice (not all with numbers). For example, for polyhedral dice familiar to TTRPG players: US0809293 from 1904 shows decahedral dice; US1480360 from 1922 shows octahedral dice; US1555447 from 1922 features icosahedral dice; US1517113 from 1923 shows dodecahedral dice. Other shapes are disclosed in patents include: US1419056 from 1920 shows tetradecahedral dice; GB194837 discloses rhombic dodecahedral dice; US1986710 from1934 and GB697160 from 1952 show different 32-sided polyhedral dice.
Interesting find! The game described is a weird mess of rules and math.
That said, there are patents featuring non-cubic polyhedral dice (not all with numbers). For example, for polyhedral dice familiar to TTRPG players: US0809293 from 1904 shows decahedral dice; US1480360 from 1922 shows octahedral dice; US1555447 from 1922 features icosahedral dice; US1517113 from 1923 shows dodecahedral dice. Other shapes are disclosed in patents include: US1419056 from 1920 shows tetradecahedral dice; GB194837 discloses rhombic dodecahedral dice; US1986710 from1934 and GB697160 from 1952 show different 32-sided polyhedral dice.
Thanks for sharing these!