Category Archives: Dice and Game Pieces

Disk-shaped pieces decorated with incised concentric circles or counters with a plano-convex section decorated with lines combined with dot motif.

Games of various historical periods. Some of our games can be made of leather in a resealable bag with a string. Available games: Terni lapilli and Tris, Tria and Mills, Ludus latrunculorum, Alquerque, Fox and Geese, Tablut and Zara.  

Games of various historical periods. Some of our games can be made of leather in a resealable bag with a string. Available games: Terni lapilli and Tris, Tria and Mills, Ludus latrunculorum, Alquerque, Fox and Geese, Tablut and Zara.  

Etruscans dice were, like the Roman ones, marked with dots. Was also found a couple of ivory dice that has the corresponding Etruscan words, instead of dots, from one to six. The booklet illustrates historical notes and the development of the dice with the translation.

Medieval dice game The Zara was in the Middle Ages the most common and popular gambling dice game; it was so in vogue to deserve a mention by Dante Alighieri too. The set consists of three wooden handmade dice, pouch and booklet with rules and anecdotes, including the verse of Dante; it can be supplied to Dice Cup.

Games can be obtained with a set of wooden dice provided, or you can take just the desired number of dice. The dice are handmade, with six faces, dots and circles look like those in ancient dice. You can also order the Dice Cup, called in Roman times Fritillus, and the Dice Tower with internal ramps where dice tumble down to get shuffled; the tower was called Turricola.