Excavations of the tomb and the five burial pits within revealed grave goods, including a 14-sided die, 21 game...
Excavations of the tomb and the five burial pits within revealed grave goods, including a 14-sided die, 21 game pieces, and broken bits of a game board, reports LiveScience.
There was evidence the tomb had been extensively looted. Indeed, archaeologists encountered the remains of what may have been one of the grave robbers lying in one of the 26 shafts made by the thieves.
Failed his save.
The recovered 14-sided die is made of animal tooth. LiveScience writes, “Twelve faces of the die are numbered 1 through 6 in a form of ancient Chinese writing known as ‘seal script.’ Each number appears twice on the die while two faces were left blank.”
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There was evidence the tomb had been extensively looted. Indeed, archaeologists encountered the remains of what may have been one of the grave robbers lying in one of the 26 shafts made by the thieves.
Failed his save.
The recovered 14-sided die is made of animal tooth. LiveScience writes, “Twelve faces of the die are numbered 1 through 6 in a form of ancient Chinese writing known as ‘seal script.’ Each number appears twice on the die while two faces were left blank.”
Originally shared by Ancient Origins
Looters seem to have rolled the dice and lost when they plundered the #tomb of an #ancient aristocrat in Qingzhou City, #China. When archaeologists uncovered the 2,300-year-old tomb, they found pieces of a mysterious board game, as well as the body of a suspected thief.
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Time to design a game based on a D14 numbered 1-6 twice and with two blank sides! Feels like a D7 would work just as well though...
ReplyDeleteInteresting polyhedron - seems to be made of superman-like shields and squares
ReplyDeleteAncient Chinese secret.
ReplyDeleteThe inner troll in me wants to have some d14s around for future generations to find. Not because you needed a d14, but because you needed a d12 that was really a d6 repeated, and there was a manufacturing error but thought, "meh, still usable." - these 2 extra sides are "reroll"
ReplyDeleteMaybe they were zeros?
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