Did you know?

Did you know?

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Dice Games

The game of tesserae (tesserarum ludus). A game of dice to roll, place, and move to create combos. A game of dice made of bone, ivory, and wood. The dice were not cubic but oblong. Shaped like pyramids. The Roman dice were as we know them today, facing each other to make 7 on both sides. To play dice, people used a cone. They were shaken and then thrown. Before, the ancients played games with 3 dice, then 2.

Backgammon. For the Greeks, playing dice is called tric-trac. When playing tric-trac, the die on our side is for us and the one on the other side is for our opponent.

The game of the best shot. (Greece, Rome). It was played with dice or knucklebones. The best roll was the triple 6. We roll the dice to try to get it. If a 6 comes up on its own (ace), we put down a sum of money each time, and as soon as a player gets the best roll with all three 6s, they win the full amount.

In the election game, we choose three numbers that we think will come up on the dice. If we don't get them, we pay a fine (a sum of money); if they come up, we win a portion of the winnings.

Have a good day and enjoy the game ;)

 

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