DICE GAMES A BRIEF OVERVIEW
Jun 04, 2020
4 minutes
By Joe Celko
ice are the oldest known gaming implements; their use dates back to before history was recorded. They show up in the mythology of Greece, Rome, India, and China, and have even been discovered in Egyptian tombs from 2,000 BCE. However, dice are not the same across all cultures. Chinese dice, for example, have a big red 1-spot drilled into the surface and are usually smaller than Western dice. Indian dice may have the spots of the 4 painted red. Western dice are right-handed and Asian dice are usually left-handed. Handedness, by the way, has nothing to do with how you actually throw the dice. If the. If those faces run clockwise, the die is .
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