Etruscan numerals whether the numbers on opposite faces of Etruscan dice add up to seven, like nowadays. Some dice found did not show this proposed pattern. An aspect of the Etruscan numeral system is that some numbers, as in the Roman system, are represented as partial subtractions. So "17" is not written *"semφ-śar" as users of the Arabic numerals might reason. One instead finds "ci-em zaθrum", literally "three from twenty". The numbers 17, 18 and 19 are all written in this way. The general agreement among Etruscologists nowadays is the following (except about which of huθ and śa were "four" or "six",
Dead Man's Dice A turn is over when a pirate is marooned and cannot place a die on their pile - a round is over when a pirate’s pistol is empty and has no more dice to play.<br> Pirates then add up the points on the tops of the dice in their pile o’ treasure. A pirate who falls overboard "(knocks their own pile over)", returns any plundered dice and starts again on their next turn. A pirate who fires a broadside with their rolled die and blows an opponent’s pile to Davy Jones’ Locker "(knocks it over)", walks the plank and deducts