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Bell and Hammer

Bell and Hammer 1800

Design H. F. Müller Art Eva Johanna Rubin , Arpad Schmidhammer Publisher (Public Domain)
5.0 /10
BGG rating
1.0
Weight
2–5
Players
20
Minutes
10
Age
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About the Game

This 19th Century gambling game uses eight special six-sided dice. All the dice are blank save for one of their faces. These faces depict one to six spots, a bell and a hammer. Also required for play are 5 cards, depicting a bell, a hammer, a bell and hammer, an inn, and a white horse.

Players bid for the cards and after all cards are auctioned off, take turns to roll the dice, receiving or paying bets according to the roll and the cards they hold.

According to "Games We Play," the game was invented around 1800 by Viennese publisher and art dealer H.F. Müller. It was first published in Britain in 1816. Spears published the game from the 1890's through WWII.

Filed Under

Categories
Dice
Mechanics
Auction / Bidding Betting and Bluffing Dice Rolling
Also known as
Campana & Martello · Glock und Hammer · Glocke & Hammer · Glocke und Hammer · Harang és Kalapács · Jeu du Cheval Blanc · Juego de la aduana · Juego del Caballo Blanco · Kladivo a zvon · Klocka och hammare · Klok en Hamer · König Wilhelm Sass Ganz Heiter …
BGG ratings
25
BGG data
refreshed Sep 7, 2026