quote:Alystra Illianniis Posted - 07 Oct 2011 : 00:05:32 The eight-sided dice makes more sense to me than normal six-sided ones. Spiders have eight legs, after all, and that number might be considered more "lucky" or important to drow for that reason. Like the number seven being found in craps because it has so many correspondences elsewhere. Just a thought. Also, I have done something like this with a game I created for my own realm- a drow card game called "Eight-Legs". It's like Blackjack mixed with Hold 'Em, but one must gain a higher multiple of eight in your hand than your opponents to win the round. The rules are mostly the same as in Blackjack, except that instead of trying to get closest to 21 without going over, everyone tries to get the highest multiple of eight that they can out of their hand of five cards. (Or seven if one plays a seven-card version). You can discard and/or redraw once per hand, but only discard two cards at most. You don't have to redraw, but it can mean the difference between winning and losing the round.
Quite well thought of - the link between the eight-sided dice and the spider (although I'm not sure that 'luck' would be a useful term here, after all what use is luck if my opponent has it as well?)
Sava
Posted - 07 Oct 2011 : 19:49:42
