SciFi and Fantasy Art: The first cast

It has been asked "do the gods play dice?"

Yes they do, though for an omipotent being it is on the scale of solar systems and galaxeys, not humans. They start with a planatery nebula where the first rolls determine the type of star that forms and if there are planets. A supergiant star gives a quick and energetic game where a smaller cooler star results in a longer game that relies more on stratergy. The next cruicial stage is when the accretion disk froms around the star, this will determine the interst of the game. Planets are always more fun than dust, especially the big gas balls that sometimes have pretty ring sytems of their own. The rock terestrial planets are little more than oversized asteroids to the gods, little more than target practice for meteors. But if some one has a luck cast and rolls two sixes...

A planet cools just enough for water to liquify. Another chance roll and  organic compounds form. Now the gods are interested. If they're luck they might get a chance to play the minigame called 'life'. And there! One of them just rolled the right number. So now they'll see how long they can keep the ameobas alive. Again they've been lucky, not only have the cells survived several stray meteors but they've begun to form organisims! The gods are really having fun now.

But then someone rolls two sixes again. A hush falls over the gather deities. This is something new, something exciting. Sentiant life has evolved! The metaphorical champange is brought out, it's going to be one heck of a party!