Dice & games

Around for at least 7000 years, dice have been made out of whatever came to hand; we offer 2 styles of dice: the common pipped 6-sided and the polyhedral dice now used by tabletop gamers wbut which have been around since at least Roman times.

 

Games scratched into stone only hint at how long humans have been playing board games. Various games started in medieval times or even earlier, including modern favorites like chess and checkers. Others are rare today despite being just as much fun. Our cotton game-boards are also carrying pouches for the pieces, with the rules for the games printed on the inside of the board, so no more losing the instructions to the games. Need to know the rules for the games? Find them here. The game sets come in 3 styles:

• Small Sets: pieces ½" W and boards 8 ¼" H x 8 ¼" W, or Backgammon set at 8 ¼" H x 6 ¾" W
• Stamped Sets: pieces 1" W with boards 11" H x 11" W, or Backgammon set 11" H x 14 ¼" W
• Carved Sets: based on ceramic Scandinavian finds of both Viking and Islamic origin, unglazed or glazed, pieces ¾-1 ¼" H x ¾" W, boards 11" H x 11" W, or Backgammon set 11" H x 14 ¼" W

 

Want a size, shape, or color not listed? Custom is always an option, just contact us. Check out the inspirations (historical and otherwise) of this series.

Color/Pattern Choices

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  Small Set
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  Stamped Set
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  Carved Set

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  Basic Dice


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  Gamer Dice, Dark


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  Gamer Dice, Light

Dice, Basic & Gamer

 Our basic hand-shaped clay playing dice are approx. 3/8" across. The sets of molded approx. 1" across Gaming Dice consist of: 1 four-sided, 1 six-sided, 1 eight-sided, 2 ten-sided's (one match and one contrasting), 1 twelve-sided, and 1 twenty-sided. Quite durable, perfect for anyone who collects dice.

Dice

Set of 7 gaming dice $14.00 USD Double-set of 14 gaming dice, 7 light and 7 dark $28.00 USD 4-sided Die $2.00 USD 6-sided Die $2.00 USD 8-sided Die $2.00 USD 10-sided Die $2.00 USD 12-sided Die $2.00 USD 20-sided Die $3.00 USD Set of 6 Basic Dice $2.00 USD

Color

(no preference) White or Tan Grecian Red Black

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Product Series

Historical References

 

• Medieval & Renaissance Material Culture: Dice Games & Dice. A series of links to various images and other source materials regarding dice, including a museum in Sweden.
• Wikipedia: History of Dice, Chess, Backgammon, King's Table, Checkers or Draughts, Fox & Geese, and Nine-men Morris.
• University of Waterloo's Elliott Avedon Museum & Archive of Games. An interesting site which has medieval images of multi-person variations of backgammon.
• A Roman icosahedron die is in the collection of the British Museum, among others in the same case, though the game it was used for is not known. Also a 2nd century AD Roman icosahedron was sold through Christie's (pictured at left).

Need to know the rules for the games? Find them here. Our wares are designed sturdy, built to survive years of everyday use. Have other questions?