But other researchers have dismissed any such likeness. The game Bu cua c cp is a traditional Vietnamese dice game primarily played during lunar new year/Tt/Chinese new year celebration. The shape of the board has led some anthropologists to speculate that the Mesoamerican game is related to the Indian game of pachisi, which would imply some sort of pre-Columbian contact between the two regions. Patole players would bet items of great value on the outcomes of their games - the idea was to use throws of beans or dice to move all their game pieces around the cross-shaped board and into specially marked squares to win. The Spanish conquistadors apparently reported that the last Aztec king Montezuma enjoyed watching the game being played at his court. The game is played with a set of 144 tiles, based on Chinese symbols and characters Bamboo, Dots, Honors, Characters, and Bonus. This illustration from an Aztec codex of the 16th century shows Macuilxōchitl - the god of art, beauty, dance, flowers and games - watching a game of patole being played. The go-to Chinese New Year game is Majiang (Mah Jong) which is a traditional tile-based game, originated some 300 years ago.
Versions of the game patole or patolli were played throughout pre-Columbian America by several different cultures at different times, including the ancient Toltecs and Mayans. As a dice supplier, we supply Chinese New Year Dice Game Set at wholesale price.
