Little Wheel Spin & Spin

 

How to Win Instead of Losing

So much moola, so little time

This guy says the horse can do

Stick with me baby, I'm the fellow you came in with

 "they live by it like gamblers, now in luxurious superfluity, now in starvation."

F. Engels

Please do not think that, in my joy over not having lost, I am showing off by saying that I possess the secret of how to win instead of losing. I really do know the secret — it is terribly silly and simple, merely a matter of keeping oneself under constant control and never getting excited, no matter how the game shifts. That's all there is to it — you just can't lose that way and are sure to win. -Fyodor Dostoevsky

Plavi Orkestar - Ljubi Se Istok i Zapad

 

Game Kings List o' Games

 Game Kings List o' Games

Some games are missing. If you have information about missing games put it in the comments or contact you know who.

Nefatari Enjoys Some Solitary Senet

 

Moose and Squirrel Dig the Vinyl

 

Indus Valley Dice

Dice made of terracotta from Indus Valley Civilization. Harappa, Pakistan. 2600-1900 BC.

2 cubical die with 1 to 6 dots were found in rubble during excavations at Harappa between 1995 and 2001. 

Many dice were also found at Mohenjo-daro, and John Marshall writes: 

"That dicing was a common game at Mohenjo-daro is proved by the number of pieces that have been found. 

In all cases they are made of pottery and are usually cubical, ranging in size from 1.2 by 1.2 by 1.2 inches to 1.5 by 1.5 by 15 inches ... 

The dice of Mohenjo-daro are not marked in the same way as to-day, i.e. so that the sum of the points on any two opposite sides amounts to seven. 

Instead of that, 1 is opposite 2, 3 opposite 4, and 5 opposite 6. 

All the examples found are exceedingly well made with well-defined edges; the points are shallow holes averaging 0.1 inch in diameter. 

The clay of which they are made is light red in color, well baked, and sometimes coated with a red wash. 

These dice must have been thrown on a soft surface, such as a piece of cloth, or on dusty ground, for their edges show little sign of wear. 

It is not yet known whether these objects were used in pairs, but two specimens found in the Dk Area (of Mohenjo-daro), not far from each other, are exactly the same size."