Some people like you have acknowledged there are other employs, but then as a bunch we go back to pointing fingers at Chutes and Ladders and Monopoly and claiming them as proof that Roll and Go isn't very deep. Essentially, early 19thC British variations (one particular was tellingly entitled 'Karma') https://israeldysnf.win-blog.com/20604000/top-guidelines-of-what-determines-movement-and-outcomes-in-roll-and-move-games