Double (game)

Double five on dice

Double 5 at dominoes

The term double refers to games

1. a throw with multiple dice in dice or board games in which two or more dice show the same number. One speaks of a multiple of doubles (three-of-a-kind, four-of-a-kind, etc.) if two or more dice show the same number of points. The probability with n dice is for any double , for a certain double . For a throw with two dice z. B. the probability for any double 1/6 and 1/36 for a particular double. ${\displaystyle (1/6)^{n-1}}$ ${\displaystyle (1/6)^{n}}$
2. a domino with the same number of points on the two halves. With normal dominoes there are seven double stones (from double six to double zero) and with large domino there are ten (from double nine to double zero).

etymology

The word Pasch is etymologically derived from the old French dice game called Passe-dix (= exceed ten). It is played with three dice. You win if you roll more than ten points if two or all three dice have the same number. The Dutch word for dice game, namely paschendise or passediesje , is based on this name. This is how the Pasch got its German meaning today .

See also

• Paschen (dice game)
• The game Kniffel is sometimes also called Pasch .

Web links

Wiktionary: Pasch  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pasch . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 15, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1908, p.  475 .
2. ↑ dtv lexicon. Volume 14. 1976, p. 37.