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SHOULD IT DIE?
Ayatullah19
08/08/03 at 05:11:16

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Some years ago  I  developed a game I believe muslims should find interesting, educative and entertaining, but I have not been able to promote it due to the fact that it has to be played with the use of a dice, and I am in doubt of the permisibility of the use of dice in islam.

Please advise me as I love this game and would not like it to die, yet I will say to hell with the game if Islam is against the use of dice!

The name of the game is "AS-SAFARU" (The Journey).  
Re: SHOULD IT DIE?
SuperHiMY
08/08/03 at 08:57:48


     WalayKumSalam,

      If the end result of the dice throw is come up with a random number,  or event, or

      set of instructions, you can achieve that random-chance-ness by other means and

      still keep the time invested in your project and not let it go to waste.

      Is it a 6 sided dice?   Is it one of those dungeon and dragons and/or roll playing dice?

      In any case, you could use a set of  pre-printed  cards.

      Allow players of your game to Shuffle this small set of cards, say for example,

     if my card idea replaces two 6-sided dice, then allow for a total of twelve cards.

     Each card is numbered from from 1 all the way to 12.  

    Shuffle the deck before each turn during normal game play requiring a dice throw

    and have the player draw a card (randomly)  from the now re-shuffled deck,

    and they you may end up with the equivalent of the dice throw but through a

  different route.

   If the dice is role-playing-game like, say a twenty sided dice with symbols, alphabets,

   or whatever, simply put those onto the cards, make enough cards to replace each side

  of each dice used during your game, and again there you go: an acceptable replacement.

  You can forgo the cards and come up with something which achieves the end result of

  the dice throw and still have your game work!

  I dunno what your game is all about, but I know I would like to play it....

   Salam,

    ~ HiMY! ~


Re: SHOULD IT DIE?
Barr
08/08/03 at 12:01:17
[wlm] warahmatullah...

Can someone pls explain to me wot's wrong with a dice?  ???


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