Cultures, memes, celebrities, and myths all spread like digital wildfire.

One of the more baffling but undeniable ideas to perpetuate online tabletop culture is the Wheaton Dice Curse.

When did Dungeons & Dragons first come out?

Dungeons & Dragons image showing a party of three players being surrounded by Gnolls

We dive into the game’s early history.

Unfortunately, his misfortune with dice resulted in some infamy of its own.

Allow us to explain.

The dragon on the original’s red box cover, acerak from Dungeons & Dragons 5e, and the devil statue from Dungeons and dragons advanced edition

What Is The Wheaton Dice Curse?

There is no explanation.

I don’t understand it.

DUngeons & Dragons image showing several adventurers, as well as Minsc and Boo.

How Many Nat 1s Did Wil Wheaton Roll?

Of those rolls,ten were a ‘natural one’and25 were below a five.

Wheaton, however,rolled a one about 18.5 percent of thetime.

An edited photo of Wil Wheaton holding a glowing magical D20 with the 1 facing us.

Photo by Genevieve viaCC BY 2.0

Similarly, there is a 20 percent chance of rolling below a five on a standard D20.

He managed to r ll the same numbersabout 48 percent of the time.

Here we will explain all of the changes.

Wil Wheaton speaking at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

Photo By Gage Skidmore viaCC BY-SA 2.0

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