Jaap Scherphuis | 26-sided antique stone die @jaapsch2 | Uploaded November 2022 | Updated October 2024, 47 seconds ago.
This antique gaming die was made in Zöblitz from the locally mined serpentine stone, probably between 1880 and 1910. It is a rhombicuboctahedron, so it has 26 sides. Only the 18 square sides are used. Twelve sides have the numbers 1 to 12, and six sides have letters. Two games are played simultaneously. The letters are for Put & Take, a game that goes back to the middle ages.
For more information about this die, please visit my website:
jaapsch.net/stuff/zoblitz.htm
0:00 Introduction
0:52 History
1:46 Instructions
8:39 Serpentine
9:37 Carving
10:21 Outro
This antique gaming die was made in Zöblitz from the locally mined serpentine stone, probably between 1880 and 1910. It is a rhombicuboctahedron, so it has 26 sides. Only the 18 square sides are used. Twelve sides have the numbers 1 to 12, and six sides have letters. Two games are played simultaneously. The letters are for Put & Take, a game that goes back to the middle ages.
For more information about this die, please visit my website:
jaapsch.net/stuff/zoblitz.htm
0:00 Introduction
0:52 History
1:46 Instructions
8:39 Serpentine
9:37 Carving
10:21 Outro