Abstract Dice games are disclosed in which each die has a three dimensional configuration conceptually representative of a four dimensional system consisting of the usual three spatial dimensions together with a fourth dimension such as time. The time dimension corresponds to movement of a three dimensional object, such as a cube, along a time axis. One or more of these dice may be used in the game, each in the shape of a dodecahedron having 12 rhombic shaped faces and representing the four dimensional system in three dimensions much as a three dimensional cube can be pictorially represented in a two dimensional drawing. Each of the 12 faces of each die are provided with number and color indicia means for distinguishing the various faces and providing the probability determining events characteristic of dice. The face numbering and color coding system is derived from the four dimensional concept used in creating each die. The die may be used individually or together, or as disclosed herein in combination with a game board having betting zones provided thereon by which a player can select a bet based on the numbers or colors or both represented on the dice faces.
A game comprising: one or more die each having a three dimensional configuration representing a four dimensional tesseract composed of 16 vertices, 12 edges, 24 faces, and eight volumes or cubes, said eight cubes being interrelated in that each face of said tesseract is shared by a pair of said cubes; and at least one of said die is in the shape of a dodecahedron having 12 external faces of a degenerate tesseract; and further comprising a set of eight additional dice in the form of the eight cubes which compose the tesseract to show the relationship between the degenerate tesseract configuration and the eight volumes or cubes contained therein.
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A game comprising: one or more die each having a three dimensional configuration representing a four dimensional tesseract composed of 16 vertices, 12 edges, 24 faces, and eight volumes or cubes, said eight cubes being interrelated in that each face of said tesseract is shared by a pair of said cubes; and at least one of said die is in the shape of a dodecahedron having 12 external faces of a degenerate tesseract; and further comprising a set of eight additional dice in the form of the eight cubes which compose the tesseract to show the relationship between the degenerate tesseract configuration and the eight volumes or cubes contained therein.