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Spinners

Spin a weighted wheel for uneven odds. Configure up to 12 sections with labels, colors, weights, and images.

Spinners

A spinner is a weighted wheel, the randomizer to use when outcomes shouldn't be equally likely. Where a die gives every face the same chance, a spinner lets you make "common" results common and "rare" results rare.

Spinning

Select the spinner and press R, or double-click it. The wheel spins and the winning section is announced and logged for the whole table.

Configuring the Wheel

Right-click and choose Configure Spinner. You can define up to 12 sections (minimum 2), and each section has:

  • a label (what the section means),
  • a color,
  • a weight, its share of the odds, and
  • an optional face image.

Tip

Weights are just ratios. A section with weight 3 is three times as likely as one with weight 1, and the app works out the percentages for you. So you can think in plain terms like 3:2:1 without making the numbers add up to anything in particular.


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