OF DICE AND MEN. THE ROLE OF DICE IN BOARD AND TABLE GAMES

• Authors: Jahnke Jens , Stockmann Britta

Title variants

PL

Kosci i ludzie. Rola kosci w grach planszowych i stolikowych

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

When it comes to games, dice belong to the oldest playthings or gambling instruments that men have used to pass their time and/or make some money. Dice have existed for millennia, and though their shapes and materials have varied over time the passion for playing with them has been the same the world over. This article is intended to give a brief retrospective into the history of dice, highlighting a few remarkable facts about dice and gambling in the arts, religion and society throughout the centuries. Having placed dice in their historical context, the current situation of the German board game market will be analysed with regards to the question of the role which dice played until modern times and of the recent developments which have been taking place in popular board games over the last three decades.

Keywords

EN

BOARD GAMES; DICE; GAME STUDIES; GAMES RESEARCH; LUDOLOGY; TABLE GAMES

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Badania Gier (Games Research Association of Poland)
• Journal: Homo Ludens
• Year: 2010
• Issue: 1(2)
• Pages: 37-50
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jahnke Jens

author

Stockmann Britta

• Britta Stockmann, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Wydzial Neofilologii, Instytut Lingwistyki Stosowanej, Pracownia Badan Ludologicznych w Glottodydaktyce i Komunikacji Interkulturowej, ul. 28 czerwca 1956 r. nr 198, 61-485 Poznan, Poland

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