Saturday, May 19, 2012

In Less Controversial News ...

... the Awesome Dice Blog has a post up about the History of Dice, from about 3000 BC to the present, complete with an illustrative graphic.

7 comments:

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  2. Imagine that: Egyptians play craps in the tomb during breaktime

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  3. So the evolution of dice was just a case of power creep?

    Egyptians: "So, the Sumerians played with d4s? We can do better! Bring on the d12!"

    Romans: "We're Nr. 1! D20 it is!"

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  4. The timeline appears incomplete... I noticed immediately there  to be no dice from about 100 AD to 1000 AD. No wonder it was the dark ages, there's no evidence anyone was gaming!

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  5.  that is just crazy enough to make sense.

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  6. Especially if you consider that our grand modern culture came up with actual d100s...

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