Talk:Knucklebones

Jockey?

As someone completely unfamiliar with Knucklebones who looked at this page to find out the basics of the game, I was confused by the word "jockey" which is used in the descripton of the modern game. It looks to me like this means "throw the bones and attempt to catch them..." but I'm not sure. Perhaps I haven't read carefully enough, but perhaps we need an explanation. Thanks. --Mark Asread 10:35, 12 July 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark Asread (talk • contribs)

Jacks vs. fivestones

When I was playing these games, admittedly not yesterday, they were separate games. Fivestones was played with five (wooden) cubes and no ball, jacks with ten six-pointed pieces and a ball. The moves were different in each. Awien (talk) 17:48, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

History

Quote: "According to a still more ancient tradition, Zeus, perceiving that Ganymede longed for his playmates upon Mount Ida, gave him Eros for a companion and golden dibs with which to play. He even condescended to sometimes join in the game (Apollonius)."

Where in Apollonius does it say that Zeus joined the game? I can't find it in Argonautica, but may have missed it. Tom Gus Mervolo Dolder (talk) 19:34, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

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Variants

As a kid in Denmark the '70s, I played Terra with five unmarked marble dice (regular hexahedra) and similar rules. I think the dice were sold with printed rules that alleged a Roman origin for the game. Here's a source in Danish [1], calling it Terre but I'm pretty sure it was Terra. Does anyone know of such a commercial game, or a similar name for the game, from elsewhere - or have valid sources?--Nø (talk) 16:52, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

PS. I recall some of the tasks to be completed involved clapping your hands - like: Throw three "terra" in the air, clap three times, and catch them again.--Nø (talk) 14:39, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Two different games in this article

As it's said on the Europe section this article treats about two different kind of games, or at least the second type is still played today. One of those that I know as payana and has a mechanic similar to that of throw and catch but is played with litle stones and the other one I know as taba, it's the second type and it's currently played in Spain, Mongolia and the South Cone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.61.203.100 (talk) 05:40, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

US Centric Article

When talking about the "modern game" the article refers explicitly and implicitly to "Jacks" - the United States variant with rubber ball and pointed metal objects - not what is played in the rest of the world — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.144.40.161 (talk) 23:27, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

America?

I'm 68 years old, and I've never seen that usage. To refer to the western hemisphere, it's 'the Americas.' North, South and Central. MarkinBoston (talk) 23:43, 16 March 2023 (UTC)