13+15 min
The First Dice Game
“A rigged game. A lost kingdom. A question no one could answer.”
Contains: gambling, gender-objectification, addiction, emotional abuse
Story Summary
Duryodhana, consumed by jealousy after visiting the Pandavas' magnificent palace, plots with his uncle Shakuni to destroy them. Using loaded dice, Shakuni ensures Yudhishthira loses everything in a rigged game—his wealth, kingdom, brothers, himself, and finally, his wife Draupadi. When Draupadi is dragged to the assembly, she asks a question no one can answer: 'Can a man who has lost himself stake his wife?' This game becomes the turning point that leads to the great war.