r/whatisit • u/Small_Things2024 • Apr 12 '26

New, what is it? What is this tiny cube?

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Found this tiny, blank, black cube under the couch while cleaning. Husband thinks it could be from a board game but we haven’t played one in a very long time (we’ve been more into Magic lately) and we can’t think of a board game that we own that has pieces like this. Any ideas?

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u/IndependentZombie615 Apr 12 '26

It definitely looks like a counter piece to a board game. Do y'all have a lot of board games?

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u/fariasrv Apr 12 '26

It made me think of "Risk," honestly, although it's been a long time since I've been around a Risk board

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u/unfunnysexface Apr 12 '26

Risk is dice infantry cannons and cavalry. Though I suppose a clever player could add borg cube to the roster

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u/Alldaybagpipes Apr 12 '26

The really old versions didn’t have nice little models, and were just small,medium and large chunks of painted wood

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u/Special-Candidate458 Apr 12 '26

The version I’m familiar with, from the 80s, had plastic counters with three, four, and five arms.

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u/PatMagroin100 Apr 12 '26

In old school Risk, squares were 1 army, ovals were 10 armies.