Mentirosa is a version of liar's poker that is played with Spanish Poker dice and the exclusive Mentirosa Player Tubes available only in this timeless game set. The object of the game is to guess what your opponents have rolled without going over. Unlike traditional poker games that require a poker face and mostly silence, Mentirosa encourages you to trash talk, taunt and tease your opponents. As a matter of fact its the main strategy, hence the name of the game: Mentirosa (Spanish: liar).
History of Mentirosa
The game of Mentirosa is known in many countries, by many different names. Its ancestry comes from a close relative, Cubilete, a game known to have been played as early as the Roman Era, especially in Spain.
Travelling to the Americas during the Spanish Empire, it became widely popular in Cuba and other parts of Latin America during the 19th and 20th centuries.
It is rumored that Mentirosa came about when the American GI's in Guantanamo Bay combined the popular American game, liar's poker, with the cups and Spanish Poker dice used to play Cubilete.
Arriving in South Florida with exiled Cubans in the 1950s, Mentirosa’s 21st century rebirth will give a new generation of players the opportunity to enjoy this classic game the way it was meant to be played.
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