The Game (dice game)
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The Game is a dice
game designed by Reinhold Wittig. It was first published in Germany
in 1979 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 around 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
special award for "most beautiful game".
In his preface Wittig writes:
The history of "The Game" began in 1979 with a small edition of the dice pyramid, without any rules. Today it has a large collection of rules. This is proof that many players are willing to take part in forming and creating a game.
Dice
A die is a small throwable object with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers...
game designed by Reinhold Wittig. It was first published in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in 1979 under the German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
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 around 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
Spiel des Jahres
The Spiel des Jahres is an award for board and card games, created in 1978 with the stated purpose of rewarding excellence in game design, and promoting top-quality games in the German market. It is thought that the existence and popularity of the award is one of the major drivers of the quality...
special award for "most beautiful game".
In his preface Wittig writes:
I've often been asked how you go about it to invent a game. I want to add one answer now. Is perhaps the best answer possible to show the many different ways of designing a game. The answer is also a challenge: Invent rules of your own to my dice pyramid.
The history of "The Game" began in 1979 with a small edition of the dice pyramid, without any rules. Today it has a large collection of rules. This is proof that many players are willing to take part in forming and creating a game.