30th Century Phoenix

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:39 pm

Easy question.

What is the name for a cube used in board and gambling games such as monopoly ?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:03 pm

Dice?

EDIT: I mean die!

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:56 pm

That always catches them out.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:57 pm

i'm something of an authority on dice; i did a uni dissertation on the crafty little buggers.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:05 pm

You might well have done, but I got the question right

(eventually)

(how on earth did you manage to write a disseration about dice?)

.....

I'm going to ask a ridiculously easy question, just so someone else can take the reins.

What game uses 5 dice, 3 red and 2 blue?

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:07 pm

Has anyone seen the two dice controllers on The World's Greatest Gambling Scams on Challenge TV (Sky 121) ? Took the craps tables for about $3 million .

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:18 pm

backgammon

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:22 pm

nope.

Just in case you've never played the game, it has a quiz machine incarnation.

Harry: how did the craps scam work? did they rub the dice with something, or were they talented at throwing? or was it something else?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:28 pm

dungeons & dragons?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:33 pm

Nope.

This board game has 2 machine incarnations, one of which is current.

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:34 pm

It was the way they held and threw the dice.

http://www.goldentouchcraps.com/instructors.shtml

One of the featured players was The Dominator.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:48 pm

might be risk?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:51 pm

It most certainly is... the 3 red dice are used for the attacking team, and the 2 blue for the defenders.

Let's hear a UP question then....

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:34 pm

hmm.

okay a wordy one, can you think of an english (not adopted) word with diaeresis (i.e. accents above the letters).

proper nouns are okay for this. but not Zoë, Chloë or Brontë because i've already said them.

darcle · Post by **darcle** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:45 pm

does naive count? with the dots above the i.

I dont know how to insert them.