Dice
50 postsYankee Grab
Rules for Yankee Grab, a three-dice game where players keep the highest die from each of three throws and total the score.
Read postYahtzee
A printable Roll the Dice score sheet plus the history, rules, and inherited grandfather strategies for winning Yahtzee.
Read postWishing Well
Rules for Wishing Well, also called Help Your Neighbor, a three-dice game where players race to empty their chips into the pot.
Read postUnderOver 7
Rules for UnderOver 7, a two-dice betting game where players wager on whether the total beats seven.
Read postTwenty-Six
Rules for Twenty-Six, a ten-dice banking game popular in mid-century Midwest taverns until anti-gambling laws killed it off.
Read postTwenty-One Aces
Rules for Twenty-One Aces, a five-dice drinking game where the 7th, 14th, and 21st ace pick, pay for, and drink the shot.
Read postTwenty One
Rules for Twenty One, a single-die jeopardy game where players roll to get as close to 21 as possible without busting.
Read postTwelve Up
Rules for Twelve Up, a single-die banker game where players bet on hitting a total between 14 and 18 without rolling 13.
Read postThrees
Rules for Threes (Tripps), a five-dice gambling game where threes count as zero and the lowest total wins.
Read postThree Man
Rules for Three Man, a dice drinking game where rolling a 3 makes you the unlucky designated drinker.
Read postThe Three
Rules for The Three, also called Four-Five-Six, a three-dice banking game derived from the Chinese game Strung Flowers.
Read postTen Pins
Rules for Ten Pins, a two-dice version of ten-pin bowling scored over ten frames with strikes and spares.
Read postSwipe
Rules for Swipe, a Fundex elimination dice game where each die face tells you to take, lose, or steal chips and dice.
Read postSpoils of War
Rules for Spoils of War, a three-dice banking game where players bet the roll will total more than ten.
Read postSix-Six-Six
Rules for Six-Six-Six, a three-dice bluffing game where players announce rolls they may or may not have made.
Read postSixes Bet
Rules for Sixes Bet, a single-die street gambling game with fixed 1-in-6 odds no matter how often you roll.
Read postSimplified Craps
Rules for Simplified Craps, a two-dice street version of craps with a 2.8% house edge.
Read postShut the Box
Shut the Box is an old French sailor dice game where players close numbered tiles 1 through 9 using two dice.
Read postShip
Ship is a five-dice game where players must roll 6, 5, and 4 in order before counting the remaining dice as crew points.
Read postSevens Out
Sevens Out is a two-dice game where players keep rolling and adding until they roll a seven, then pass the dice.
Read postSevens
Sevens is a six-dice game where pairs adding to seven are discarded and the rest of the dice count for your score.
Read postSequences
Sequences is a six-dice game where players score points for consecutive runs starting at 1, racing to 100.
Read postRound The Clock
Round the Clock is a two-dice game where players race to roll the numbers 1 through 12 in sequence.
Read postQualify
Qualify is a five-dice game where each player rolls five times, setting aside at least one die per turn for the highest total.
Read postPig
Rules and history of Pig, a single-die push-your-luck game used in classrooms to teach probability.
Read postPassage
Rules for Passage, a two-dice game where the lowest opening roll sets the point and players race to hit it eleven times.
Read postPar
Rules for Par, a five-dice betting game where you try to beat 24 and pay or collect tokens based on the difference.
Read postOne-O-Five
Rules for One O Five, a five-dice race to roll five of a kind for every number from 1 through 6.
Read postMexico
Rules for Mexico, a two-dice elimination game named after its highest roll of 2-1.
Read postKlondike
Rules for Klondike, a five-dice poker game from American frontier saloons where the dealer wins ties.
Read postJackpot
Rules for Jackpot, a medieval tavern dice game also called Dragon's Hoard, played on a board of nine numbered circles.
Read postIndian Dice
Rules for Indian Dice, a five-dice poker variant for when you want to play poker but cannot find the cards.
Read postHigh
Rules for High, the simplest two-dice game: each player rolls and the highest total takes the pot.
Read postGolf
Rules for Golf, a three-dice game also called Dragon Slayer where every non-double roll counts as a stroke over eighteen rounds.
Read postFourteens
Rules for Fourteens, a ten-dice tavern banking game from the 1930s Midwest paying eight-to-one on fourteen hits of the point.
Read postFifty
Rules for Fifty, a quick two-dice game where doubles score five, double sixes score twenty-five, and double threes wipe you out.
Read postDice 10,000
Rules and house variants for Dice 10,000, the five-dice push-your-luck game also called Zilch, Farkle, and Amish Dice.
Read postDice
A short history of dice, from divining sticks and pyramid dice at Ur to teetotums and medieval dice boards.
Read postDanger Dice
A drinking game where six numbered pint glasses get filled and downed based on what comes up on a single die.
Read postCutpurse
Rules for Cutpurse, a two-dice tavern game where the low roller sets the point and players race to eleven.
Read postCubilete
Rules for Cubilete, a traditional Cuban five-dice game scored by poker-style hands of kings, queens, jacks, and aces.
Read postChase The Ace
Rules for Chase The Ace, a circle drinking game with two dice where each face passes, drinks, or gives a drink.
Read postCentennial
Rules for Centennial, a three-dice race game where you hit the numbers 1 through 12 and back down again in order.
Read postBoxing
Rules for Boxing, a two-team dice drinking game where the lowest roll takes the shot and a fall is a knockout.
Read postBoss Dice
Rules for Boss Dice, a two-player San Francisco bar game scored on five-dice poker hands with two rerolls each.
Read postBarbudi
Rules for Barbudi, a two-player Mexican casino dice game where shooter and fader bet on which doubles come up first.
Read postAces In The Pot
Rules for Aces In The Pot, a two-dice gambling game where 1s feed the pot and 6s pass coins to your neighbour.
Read postCoyote catches the road runner
A clip where Wile E. Coyote finally catches the Road Runner.
Read postPrint your own Yahtzee sheets
Printable Roll the Dice score sheets (Yahtzee clone) in PDF, with rules, history, and scoring strategy notes.
Read postHow to make dice, and a brief history
A short history of dice from divining sticks to teetotums, plus printable origami paper dice for when yours go missing.
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