Lunar Festival Gambling – Bau Cua Ca Cop
Bầu cua cá cop is a popular Vietnamese dice game played mostly during Tết – their Lunar New Year.
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Ombre – The First Card Game with Bids
In the late 16th century, Spain introduced a new concept to trick-taking games – bidding that you could win. Ombre is a 3-player trick-taking game so popular that triangular tables were in fashion for a time.
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Tien Gow – One of the First Domino Games
Tien Gow began as a dice game in China, but it quickly adapted to dominoes around the same time they were invented, as a trick-taking game!
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Pai Gow and More: Games You Can Play with Chinese Dominoes
Did you know that dominoes were invented in China? Learn to play some of the oldest games that use the domino set in its original form.
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Educate, but Criminalize? Dice in Medieval Spain
The Libro de los Juegos, completed in 1283 for Alfonso X, included several dice games, despite their illegal status. Let’s learn a few!
