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The Nimmgib (also Take - Give gyro, English put and take ) is a spinning top game dice game of chance played with back in the early twenties of the 20th century children to countable things such as marbles or sweets. The gyroscope consists of a top, a knurled grip and a hexagonal prism whose sides are provided with the following various inscriptions:

The name of the game is a composite of the imperatives take, and give.

The game rule is very simple: At the beginning, all supplied with a certain quantity of feedstock. It determines who rolls respectively pirouettes first. The gyro is cranked and the statement of the prism surface is followed, showing up after the Nimmgib has come to rest. Then the next player in clockwise order. Those who have no more use is eliminated.