Though dice date back 5000 years, and are common finds in Roman and Viking contexts, the earliest evidence for dice games themselves comes from the thirteenth century Libro de los Juegos (Book of Games) commissioned by Alfonso the Wise, the king of Castile, León and Galicia. In this video from The Historic Games Shop we discuss the first six of these games.

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