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. |