Which game has the nickname 'Nero's Game' and is probably the oldest dice game still played?
Tables (board game) Tables (board game) Tables is a general name given to a class of board games similar to backgammon, played on a board with two rows of 12 vertical markings called "points". Players roll dice to determine the movement of pieces. Tables games are among the oldest known board games, and many variants are played throughout the world. The ancient Egyptians played a game called Senet, which belonged to the same family of "race games" as modern tables games, with moves controlled by the roll of dice as early as 3500 BC. The Royal Game of Ur, played in ancient Mesopotamia,
The Game (dice game) The Game (dice game) The Game is a dice game designed by Reinhold Wittig. It was first published in Germany in 1979, without rules and under the German name "Das Spiel". It contains a triangular base plate and 281 dice of four different colours, and a rule book that gives rules for some 50+ games. Most of the games are centered on building or demolishing pyramids of dice, but there are also racing games and games of skill. The game has been originally published by Diego Rodriguez (Reinhold Wittig), Göttingen, in 1979. "The Game" won the 1980 Spiel des Jahres