Knuckle Bone Dice
Published at 2024-05-03
By MishaT
Free
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
(1 comment)
game
history
play
games
unique
celtic
dice
board game
bone
boardgames
Egyptian
Sheep
knuckle
medieval
ancient
asik
astragoloi
astrogalus
chance
chuko
divination
fortune telling
gobs
historical
hucklebones
jacks
jackstones
mesopatamian
mongolian
renaissance
shagai
tali
talus
tropa
Description
HOW TO PLAY:There are as many ways to play as there were cultures that used them. The basic concept is the same throughout. Each bone can land on one of four unique sides, with unequal probability. Print four copies for Roman rules, more or less as needed for other games. See this article on Roman Board Games for the Roman rules [http://www.aerobiologicalengineering.com/wxk116/Roman/BoardGames/tali.html]. For a comprehensive history and rules of many games played with knucklebones, see the Wikipedia entry [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knucklebones]. This paper [https://ladyofbones.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/astragaloi-handout.pdf] by Jenna Mortensen is a great summary of how these bones were used for divination. Images are of a nylon laser sintered version, which feels and bounces just like real bone. Available from my Shapeways store: http://shpws.me/Kd2v
Comments
You need to be signed in before commenting.
Marcus Wolschon
over 5 years
Free