Tag Archives: Dice
Pig
Pig is a pretty simple game that I use to play back in high school. Back then I didn’t know any of the history or importance of this game or why people played, it was just a fun easy game to me and that’s all that mattered.
Pig is a jeopardy dice game. In other words, [...]
Passage
Passage is a dice game.
What you need to play
2 dice
Object of the game
The object of this game is to be the first person to roll the point value 11 times.
How to play the game
Everyone rolls both dice once. The player with the highest roll goes first, the player with the lowest roll rolls one die [...]
Par
Par is a dice game.
What you need to play
5 dice
Chips, tokens or coins.
Object of the game
To score more then 24 with five dice and eventually collect everyones chips/tokens.
How to play the game
A player rolls all five dice, if the score is above 24 everyone pays them a token for every point above 24.
For example: if [...]
One-’O'-Five
One O Five is a dice game.
What you need to play
5 dice
Object of the game
To roll a set of 5 of a kind for every number from 1-6 before any other player.
How to play the game
Each player takes turn rolling the dice and setting aside any dice with the target number. If they fail to [...]
Mexico
Mexico is an elimination-style dice game.
After each round, one player is eliminated. When all players but one have been eliminated, the remaining player wins the game. When playing for stakes the final remaining player wins the money that was wagered by each person who was eliminated in earlier rounds.
The game gets its name from a [...]
Klondike
Klondike is a dice poker game.
Klondike is loosely based on poker originating in cheap casinos on the American frontier. Its really easy to play if you know anything about poker; even if you don’t its still pretty easy.
What you need to play
5 dices
A sheet of paper to keep score
1 or more people
How to play [...]
Jackpot
Jackpot is a dice game that was played in many taverns in the middle ages. People could often find the game’s layout on the taverns tables. In lower-class establishments the layout is often crudely carved into the tables surface, whereas finer establishments have been known to use specific tables set aside for the game.
This game [...]
Indian Dice
Indian Dice is a poker game with dice.
I have played this game a few times, mainly when we don’t have a set of cards to play with and want to play poker. Its very simple if you have played poker before.
“All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is [...]
High
High is a dice game.
The simplest of all the dice games I know. If you know of a simpler game please tell me, I would be interested to know.
The game can be played for stakes where the player with the highest roll wins the post.
What do you need to play
2 dice
2 or more people
Object [...]
Golf
Golf is a dice game.
This game is for people that love golf so much that they can’t stop thinking about it every moment of their life.
It if doesn’t involve golf then its not worth thinking about.
This game is also known as Dragon Slayer. Instead of playing 18 rounds of golf, you are trying to [...]
Fourteens
Fourteens is a dice game.
This is a banking game that was popular in the Midwest of the USA between the 1930’s and 1950’s. It was often played in taverns which would make payoffs in drinks until anti-gambling legislation killed off the game to a great extent. An operator will often provide a score sheet which [...]
Fifty
Fifty is a fast pace game that lasts about 5 mins or so with three players.
What you need to play
2 dice
A score sheet
2 or more players
The object of the game
To be the first player to reach 50 points.
How to play the game
Each player takes turns rolling the dice. The player scores 5 points every time [...]
Dice 10,000
I have been playing this game for as long as I can remember. It was one of the first games my parents ever taught me and its very simple to learn.
This game is most commonly known as Dice 10,000 but I have heard it called Boxcar, Foo, Zilch, and Crap Out, Greed, Farke, and [...]
Dice
Die (plural, Dice) -A die is usually a small six-sided cube, made of bone, ivory, or most commonly plastic. A die is marked with one to six dotes on each of its faces. The cubed dice have the advantage of being balanced in such a way that any side should have an equal chance [...]
Danger Dice
Danger Dice is a Drinking game
What you need to play
6 pint glasses
1 dice
How to play the game
Set out the glasses in a line, arrange them from 1-6.
First person rolls the dice, whatever number comes up, that’s the glass they fill up with WHATEVER concoction they want, anything goes. Next person rolls; if they roll on [...]
Cutpurse
Cutpurse is a dice game.
Originating in back alleys, played by thieves and other unsavory types, Cutpurse has made its way into local taverns and gambling establishments.
What you need to play
2 dice
2 or more players
How to play this game
Cutpurse is a pretty simple game played with two six-sided dice by any number of players for stakes. [...]
Cubilete
A very old, traditional Cuban game that is normally played with a set of five Poker dice but can easy be played with 5 normal dice.
This game can be played as a drinking where the loser buys the winners drinks.
What you need to play
5 poker dice (You can substitute poker dice for normal dice, 1= [...]
Chase The Ace
Chase The Ace is a dice, drinking game
What you will need to play
2 dice
3 or more players, works best with 4+ players
How to play the game
Everyone sites in a circle and two people sitting across from each other take a dice each.
Count two three and start rolling. Players drink, give drinks, or pass dice depending [...]
Centennial
Centennial is a Dice game, also known as Martinetti and Ohio.
What you need to play
3 dice
A sheet of paper with twelve squares to keep track of what number you are on.
A token for each player
The object of the game
Be the first player to make the round trip from position 1 to 12 and back to [...]
Boxing
Boxing is a Dice Drinking game
What you need to play
2 dice
2 or more players
How to play the game
Split up in to two teams.
Each team rolls one dice the team with the lowest roll has to drink, if you both get the same roll then you re roll.
If the loser doesn’t take the shot of beer [...]
Boss Dice
Boss Dice is also known as Bull Dice, Beetle Dice and is said to be one of the most popular dice game in San Francisco. It’s based on Poker dice hands with some omissions.
What you need to play
10 dice, 5 dice for each player
Two player.
Two dice cups.
The object of the game
To create the highest poker [...]
Barbudi
Barbudi is commonly found in many Mexican casinos and clubs but probably originated in middle east. When the game is played in a casino the dealer takes a small percentage of the winnings because the game is evenly matched. It can be played by any number of people but only two people at a time. [...]
Aces In The Pot
Aces In The Pot is a a very simple Gambling Dice game that I am told was played mainly in ports of very old cities.
What you need to play
2 dice
3+ or more players, (best with 4+ or more)
2 coins or chips per player
How to play the game
Each player starts with two coins each, everyone rolls [...]
