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 11 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 have no cards.
Read postHigh
Rules for High, the simplest two-dice game: each player rolls and the highest total wins 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 18 rounds.
Read postFourteens
Rules for Fourteens, a ten-dice tavern banking game from the 1930s Midwest paying 8-to-1 on fourteen hits of the point.
Read postFifty
Rules for Fifty, a quick two-dice game where doubles score five, double sixes score 25, 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 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
Rules for Danger Dice, a drinking game where six numbered pint glasses get filled and downed based on one 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 on five of a kind in 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, a Yahtzee clone, in PDF, with a short history of Yahtzee.
Read postHow to make dice, and a brief history
A short history of dice from divining sticks and the tombs of Ur to teetotums and medieval dice boards.
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