All about the Backgammon Dice

• Dice is the plural form of die. Most games, backgammon included, are played with a pair of dice.
• Except for the new backgammon variation Sassangammon, which is played with three dice.
• Regular dice have six sides, each one is marked with pips, indicating the numbers 1 through 6.
• Backgammon's doubling cube is an example of an irregular die, presenting the numbers 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 on each of its faces.

• Irregular dice can have between one to hundred faces, and present colors, letters or other symbols.
• The best dice of a backgammon game is the precision dice. They have rounded corners and leveled pips, making them lighter and easily rolled on the surface.
• The dice is the most catered object in backgammon; it can be loaded, heated, shaved, missing one of the low pips sides and undergo other treatments in order to modify the 1/36 chance of rolling a certain number.

• That is why precision dice are transparent.
• The oldest die was found in an archeological site in Iran - Shahr-e Sokhta (Burnt City) that was settled between 3200 and 2100 BCE - together with the oldest known backgammon board.
• Another historical record was broken by the dice in the 1950s, when the fuzzy dice became the first rare view mirror decoration ever sold in the US.