"BOERENSCHROOM" DICE

Boerenschroom (translated in English as 'Peasant's fear') is a 19th Century Dutch dice game, played with two special six-sided dice. One die has the letter "B" and faces showing one, two and three spots; the other two faces are blank. The other die has the letter "S" and faces showing four, five and six spots; the other two faces are blank. Also needed for play are eight cards, depicting a Lawyer, Clerk, Mayor, Secretary, Forester, Tax Collector (the Boerenschroom or "Peasant's Fear") and two Peasants. Two to eight players pay or receive bets according to the roll of the dice and the cards they hold. Nowadays the game is hardly ever played anymore.

[0338 x2] Porcelain, Netherlands, 18 mm.



[0628 x2] Wood, Netherlands, 20 mm.



[0629 x2] Porcelain, Netherlands, 18 mm.



[1879 x2] Stone, Netherlands, 18 mm.



[1880 x2] Porcelain, Netherlands, 20 mm.



[1881 x2] Stone, Netherlands, 19 mm.



[1882 x2] Stone, Netherlands, 22 mm.



[1883 x2] Wood, Netherlands, 16 mm.



[1884 x2] Wood, Netherlands, 20 mm.



[1931 x2] Porcelain, Netherlands, about 18 mm.



[1943 x2] Porcelain, Netherlands, 19.5 mm.