Zeppelin (dice game)

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Zeppelin is a dice game with a dice , a dice cup and a simple game board for at least two players. The game takes its name from the zeppelin sketch , which shows the game plan and can in principle be replaced by other pictures with six fields. The game was probably created in Germany at the end of the 19th century as a variant of the hut game .

A game with the same gameplay but with two dice is known as Schluckhansel .

Style of play

The game Zeppelin is played on a drawn game board. In the case of the rolled five shown here, the player should take the token already on the five-a-side field.

Before the game, a game plan in the form of a zeppelin is drawn on a large sheet of paper, which consists of a total of six numbered fields. The field with the number 6 is the gondola. Each player receives six tokens or coins as a stake.

The game is played in turn. Each player rolls a die and places a token on the space that corresponds to his number. If there is already a token on the field, he may take it. The gondola with the six is ​​an exception - tokens that are on this field marked with the 6 remain in place and the player must definitely put down a token; this field forms the "cash register".

A player who has gambled away all of his chips is eliminated. The winner is the player who is left at the end. He wins all bets still on the field as well as the contents of the cashier. His profit after deducting his own stake amounts to a total of 18 tokens or coins with four players.

Schluckhansel

A game based on the same principle is known as Schluckhansel and is played with two dice. In the game, a figure is drawn around which fields from 2 to 12 are drawn in clockwise direction, starting with the head. The belly is the field with the number 7. As with the Zeppelin, each player rolls the dice, but this time with both dice, and places a chip on the field with the number rolled. If there is already a chip there, he can take it. Chips that are placed on the pawn of the figure in the field with the 7 remain on the table, they belong to Hansel. The winner is the player who still has chips at the end.

supporting documents

  1. a b c d "Zeppelin" In: Erhard Gorys : The book of games. Manfred Pawlak Verlagsgesellschaft, Herrsching o. J .; P. 406.
  2. ^ A b c d "Zeppelin" In: Robert E. Lembke : The large house and family book of games. Lingen Verlag, Cologne, no date; P. 246.
  3. "Timeline of the dice games". In: Hugo Kastner: The great Humboldt encyclopedia of dice games. Humboldts Verlags GmbH, Baden Banden 2007; P. 39. ISBN 978-3-89994-087-9
  4. a b "Schluckhansel" In: 100er Spielesammlung ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nsv.de archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Rules booklet of the game collection of the Nürnberg Spielkartenverlag; P. 16.
  5. "Zeppelin". In: Hugo Kastner: The great Humboldt encyclopedia of dice games. Humboldts Verlags GmbH, Baden Banden 2007; P. 107. ISBN 978-3-89994-087-9

literature

  • "Zeppelin" In: Erhard Gorys : The book of games. Manfred Pawlak Verlagsgesellschaft, Herrsching o. J .; P. 406.
  • "Zeppelin" In: Robert E. Lembke : The great house and family book of the games. Lingen Verlag, Cologne, no date; P. 246.
  • "Zeppelin". In: Hugo Kastner: The great Humboldt encyclopedia of dice games. Humboldts Verlags GmbH, Baden Banden 2007; P. 107. ISBN 978-3-89994-087-9