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Activity for DavidCary
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| Edit | Post #294473 | Initial revision | — | about 1 year ago |
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A: First use of dice to determine direction The earliest game I know of that chooses random discrete directions is Mahjong. The earliest year I see in the Wikipedia Mahjong article is 1870. Mahjong typically starts by randomly assigning the 4 players to the 4 positions around the table. Many people start a game of Mahjong by shuffli... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291926 |
There also exist "scatter dice" with arrows pointed on their faces to directly indicate some random direction. (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |