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 Dice game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Though they are clearly games of chance, as for example in casino games, they are also used under the hood for interpersonal interactions.
Dice Play - rules and more for many dice games
Patterned after the success of collectible card games, a number of collectible dice games have been published.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice_game   (184 words)

  
 NativeTech: Native American Indian Games & Toys ~ Bowl & Dice Game
The dice game was often played in a large gaming house or arbor made from poles set in the ground and covered with tree boughs.
The game is accompanied by sticks or beans for scoring.
The object of the game is to acquire as many sticks as possible and then bankrupt your opponent.
http://www.nativetech.org/games/bowl&dice.html   (917 words)

  
 Game Review - Button Men by James Ernest
In fact the game is so simple, most players are going to play and say "Is that it?" However, after playing the game many, many times, I feel the main idea of the game is so simple and original that I would compare the game to a beautiful 1/4 carat diamond.
It is also the sort of game that can be carried in a dice bag or stowed away in the corner of a game box.
The captured die is taken out of the game, and the attacking die or dice are rerolled.
http://www.io.com/~beckerdo/games/reviews/ButtonMenReview.html   (606 words)

  
 RPGnet: Review of Dancing Dice
Dancing Dice is a new dice-throwing game by Silvano Serrentino over at daVinci Games (published & distributed in the US by Mayfair Games, as with the rest of daVinci's line).
Like Yahtzee, Dancing Dice (2004) is a roll-reroll-match-and-score game (or as Reiner Knizia calls it in his Dice Games Properly Explained a "category" dice game).
The endurance discs are all placed on the game board at 10.
http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10976.phtml   (1465 words)

  
 BLISTERS Dice Game Rules
is a simple dice game for two or more players.
The game is played with six dice, three pair of different colors.
Whenever the player fails to roll scoring dice, this is called Blisters and the player loses any points from that turn.
http://cascoly.com/games/dice/blisrule.htm   (558 words)

  
 Game Times > > News
Another version of this game is Block by Block This actually takes the game and moves it from a 2 dimention enviroment to a 3 Dimention enviroment with blocks.
The game of Kuba is a deceptively challenging game of strategy and fun.
Although we are not computer game store we love to show our support for other groups that enjoy gaming.
http://www.game-times.com   (1711 words)

  
 Ten Thousand Dice Game
This is an absorbing game for any number of players using six dice.
A player may take up the scoreless dice of the previous player who has had a scoreless throw and forfeited their points.
Should all six dice be set aside as scoring then the player may roll them all again and continue their tally.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dice-play/Games/TenThousand.htm   (673 words)

  
 Open Directory - Games: Dice
Yamb 2000 - Yahtzee-like game for two or more players.
Classic Dice Games - Introduction, description and history of variations of the game.
Dice Drinking Games - List of games with excitement ratings and rules, as well as links to other types of drinking games.
http://dmoz.org/Games/Dice   (257 words)

  
 Mozart's Musikalisches Würfelspiel
The music and table of rules for this game appear to have been published anonymously in 1787, and interestingly, the table of rules for this Minuet is identical to Mozart's.
The result of a dice roll is looked up in a table of rules to determine which measure to play.
A very nice implementation of Mozart's game, by Zsófia Ruttkay and Bram Boskamp
http://www.worldvillage.com/jchuang/Music/Mozart/mozart.cgi   (528 words)

  
 Stack Dice Game - How To Play
After the player has removed his or her hand from the die the players turn is over and the play stands.
Each teammate plays a set of dice and together they attempt to win the game with the highest combined score.
The disadvantage is that you are out of the game as well and eliminate your last chance to score points.
http://www.centralconnector.com/GAMES/stack.html   (923 words)

  
 Dice
You are going to play a game of "high roll".
While dice with playing cards faces (A, K, Q, J, 10, 9) are often used, the game can be played with regular dice.
4) Compound games: The game is a mixture of two or three of the above principles.
http://www.gamecabinet.com/rules/Dice.html   (1188 words)

  
 LCR Dice Game and LCR Rules
If a player has no chips, he is still in the game, but passes the cubes to the next player.
To start the game, you need three LCR cubes, at least three players, and three chips for each player.
After determining which player starts the game, the first player rolls three cubes.
http://www.thegamestore.com/product_p/lcr.htm   (315 words)

  
 Boggle - How To Play
These rules are for those of you who pulled this game out of the cabinet and found that the rules have disapeared.
These rules are for those of you who pulled this game out of the cabinet and found that the rules have disappeared.
Back to my Game Cabinet and My Home Page.
http://www.centralconnector.com/GAMES/boggle.html   (729 words)

  
 Tams11 Online Game - Farkle
Farkle can be played as a solo game against the computer or with up to 5 other players.
Download the Tams11 Lobby to play this game with others.
Here’s a twist...Get too greedy and you lose the points you've gathered this turn, or worst yet, the person after you may just take your points and use them to beat you when playing Zarkle.
http://www.tams11.com/farkle/farkle.shtml   (132 words)

  
 The Game Report
Both games contain subtleties that new players often miss, and which experienced players can leverage to their benefit.
The big catch in the game is that there are about 25 different scoring focal points, and everyone can see the next two that will become active.
Most are crazy games that serious players will scorn, and some you'd have to be insane to actually stake money on.
http://www.gamereport.com/index.shtml   (3419 words)

  
 Lesson 20 -- BOARD GAME DESIGN
Okay, so you have an idea for a new board game (or a card game, or a dice game, or a parlor game, whatever).
Whereas an electronic game usually requires a large team of creative people, board games and card games can be created by a solitary inventor.
Let's assume (for the purposes of this lesson) that your concept is for a board game, and that your game requires a board, some playing tokens, some dice, and some cards.
http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson20.html   (5363 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Sequence Dice Game: Toys & Games
Categories > Games > Board Games > Strategy Games
If you are looking for a quick version of the original game, then this game is for you.
Roll the dice and place a chip on the corresponding number on the game board.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004SVM3/ref=nosim/chuvashiaportal   (552 words)

  
 Baseballguru.com proudly presents: The Guru's Famous Baseball Board Game!
Complete game playing directions with enhancements for the advanced game
Making the game easy and fun to play was the Guru's number one priority.
The Guru's game is so good that he invites you to buy and compare the competition's game!
http://baseballguru.com/bbboardgame.html   (902 words)

  
 Ten Thousand Dice
Ten Thousand Dice is a game of chance played by up to six players.
The game continues until one of the players stays with 10,000 points or more in the bank.
If, during any roll of the dice, the player scores no points he or she "Busts" and forfeits all points earned on previous rolls and not put in the bank.
http://www.enwsoftware.com/Ten_Thousand_Dice/ten_thousand_dice.html   (218 words)

  
 StudyWorks! Online : The Musical Dice Game
The most famous of these games is the Musikalishes Würfelspiel (Musical Dice Game), which is often attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).
No matter who made up the game, however, the music sounds like Mozart's, and it's fun to create the minuets using a pair of dice.
Using a pair of dice to select randomly among the alternatives for each bar, the player can generate a wide variety of different melodies.
http://www.studyworksonline.com/cda/content/article/0,,EXP1237_NAV2-95_SAR1238,00.shtml   (282 words)

  
 NZP Puzzles and Games
Popular European dice game wherein players try to score totals from 2 to 12.
Although the success rate of this game is fairly high, enough skill is required to ensure a high replay value.
As the game progresses, only members of the correct suit may enter their perspective corner.
http://www.nzp.ca   (661 words)

  
 About Pacific Neuropsychiatric Institute
These data may be used for research or publication; playing the Dice Game signifies tacit consent to use of these data.
It you fill in this questionnaire you will be automatically assigned a special code which will fill in when you take the dice game (you can also make a note of it and fill it in every time you subsequently play the dice game).
Note that you must use a Netscape Cookies compatible browser for the Dice Game.
http://www.pni.org/research/anomalous/dice   (406 words)

  
 Best Choice - Colorado Dice 1.0 in WorldSSP.net
KARIBINO Dominoes 3.0 - Karibino is a famous game of dominoes.
This game is played much like the popular game 10,000 and offers an easy to use interface that people of all ages can enjoy.
Enjoy this fun and easy to use mobile game with another human player or with the computer player.
http://www.worldssp.net/DetailView.asp?proid=11478   (626 words)

  
 WebDice - A Free Online Dice Game
is a free online dice game that tracks and compares high scores with other players from around the world.
It resembles poker but it is played with dice instead of cards.
http://www.webdice.org   (31 words)

  
 A Dice Game
Game Instructions: Yahtzee is a game played with 5 dice.
To clear the score or begin a new game, click the “NEW GAME” button.
A player may roll the dice up to 3 times.
http://www.ialottery.com/FunZone/dice.html   (196 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Dog Dice Game: Toys & Games
The only drawback to this enchanting game is that there are only four boards in the set, thus limiting the number of players.
Categories > Games > Board Games > Other Board Games
Categories > Games > Card Games > Other Card Games
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000DMF7/mybookshop   (494 words)

  
 Game Cabinet - Rules To Classic Board Games
Text is verbatim from the game rules, where indicated.
If you want a faster game DEAL the DEEDS out at the beginning and / or set a time limit game (maybe 2 hours)where at the buzzer play stops and the one with the most money wins.
Some people do lose their instructions from games (like myself or my wife or one of my five children) and I thought I'd help out those in need when it is getting late in the evening and you want to know now or to solve an argument.
http://www.centralconnector.com/GAMES/GameCab.html   (360 words)

  
 Rules Translations
Tucked into most of these games are valiant attempts to capture at least the essence of the rules in English.
Die Siedler Kartenspiel: Tournament Game for New Players - additional rules from Kosmos
Momox - another game whose plays are numbered
http://www.gamecabinet.com/deeperDrawers/RulesTranslationsEnglish.html   (2523 words)

  
 Mozart's Dice Game by Jonathan Simon
The concept for this game, devised by Mozart centuries ago, involves rolling a group of dice to compose a score.
After sixteen dice rolls, the score is complete and ready to be played.
The roll value/measure number is used as a coordinate in the score reference matrix identifying the measure to play.
http://www.softsynth.com/jsyn/examples/dicegame   (386 words)

  
 Web Dice
Online game announcements, game openings and campaign source information for "e-Game" players on the web.
Dice rolls can be authenticated on Irony Games' dice roll verification page.
Irony Games Discount Books offers a discount on many RPG/Fantasy books and helps support Irony Games.
http://www.irony.com/webdice.html   (179 words)

  
 Flying Buffalo Game Company's Home Page
That is, we act as the referee for multi-player, hidden-movement games that are played by the players sending their moves to Flying Buffalo every two weeks by postal mail, email, fax, or what ever.
Our most popular play by mail game is the award-winning Starweb.
This is the home page of Flying Buffalo Inc, makers of the Tunnels and Trolls RPG, Nuclear War card game, Death Dice, and founders of the play by mail (PBM) industry.
http://www.flyingbuffalo.com   (829 words)

  
 Dice Games - Ancient Ivory for Windows
Four game variations of Ancient Ivory are included: single- and double-column options are provided for both the five- and ten-bone games.
Ancient Ivory displays and saves the top ten scores in each of the four game variations.
Sharpen your thinking and problem solving abilities with this game.
http://www.latticeworksw.com/ivory.htm   (446 words)

  
 SFR - Gamers that make games better. Gamers that make better games.™
SFR was created to bring you games that players enjoy.
At SFR we are dedicated to make quality games that will satisfy gamers of all ages.
First, by providing you the popular strategy game, Dragon Dice™.
http://www.sfr-inc.com   (69 words)

  
 PDGS: Percentile Dice Game System - Created 11/16/2002
PDGS, is a free game system, I am making it so anyone can use it, for any game, any genre, any time period, any combat system, all you need are 2 ten sided dice.
It'll be less hastle that way, anyway, if you're good enough to get a game published, why not create your own game engine.
Okay, here's where I go over some legal affairs, if you have no intention on publishing a game with PDGS, you can skip this.
http://www.geocities.com/antikrist669   (209 words)

  
 Dice Game
During the game from 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 rounds it happened 3679 times that the content of one of the four positions was less than the rolled dice, resulting in a rise in Total Inventory from 13186 to 21934.
One team will use the dice and the other the coin to move poker chips through the production line, for the dice it is the number on the die, for the coin it is three chips for heads, four chips for tails.
The initial state of the dice game is so that between the stations there is no inventory at all.
http://members.aol.com/caspari/l45.htm   (5503 words)

  
 The Dice Game
Drag these chips onto the numbered squares or click on a number to automatically move a chip to that square.
When a chip is placed a number will appear in the middle of the chip, letting you know how many chips you have set on that square.
These squares are numbered with the possible totals that you can roll with two dice, 2 through 12.
http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/users/carvell/diceGame   (233 words)

  
 Geek.com Geek News - New dice game for Palm Powered devices released
I think there are a number of dice games with similar rules.
You roll 6 dice and keep rolling as long as you do not get a Farkle roll (a non-scoring roll) in your attempt to reach a certain number of points that you specify in the initial game startup.
After playing the game for a week, I have to say I am having lots of fun taking chances and trying to obtain the highest score I can with my turn.
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Sep/bpd20040914026951.htm   (734 words)

  
 Dice Game
Now the digits in the cars for this game are limited to 1-6.
Here's a Dice Game win with the 1-6 rule from 1979.
They differentiated between Deluxe Dice Game and regular Dice Game for a few years in the 1980's.
http://gscentral.net/dice.htm   (472 words)

  
 Dice Gamers Resources - Bunco Rules
Rounds 2-6 are played exactly as Round 1 except that in each round points are awarded for the number of the dice that is the same as the number of that particular round.
and dice are passed clockwise to the next player.
The dice are passed to Players #2 - #4 who all receive chances to accumulate points.
http://www.buncogame.com/brules.shtml   (1248 words)

  
 Crystal Caste - Dice, Miniatures, & Gaming Accessories for AD&D / RPG gamers
Whether you play roleplaying games or standard board games, we have the dice and accessories for you.
Crystal Caste offers the adventure game player something no other dice manufacturer does: a totally new shape for polyhedral dice.
If you have a local game store, and they do not carry our dice, please point them to this website.
http://www.crystalcaste.com   (244 words)

  
 Games : Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters
Two GBAs, a GBA Game Link cable and two Game Paks are required for multiplayer action.
Before a game begins, you choose a set of dice.
Based on the dice game that Yugi and his fellow Die Masters play, Yu-Gi-Oh!
http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=1150   (390 words)

  
 CNN.com - A game of chance invented by God - Nov. 11, 2002
Whenever there have been games of chance and attempts at divination, there have been dice.
CNN.com - A game of chance invented by God - Nov. 11, 2002
("God does not play dice," Einstein famously said, but how would he know?)
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/books/11/11/dice.jay   (883 words)

  
 YAKzee - Windows Dice Game
YAKzee is a shareware game for Windows 95, 98, and ME. It is based on the popular dice game Yacht, also made popular in the commercial game Yahtzee
If you like the game, you should register the game.
Press here to preview a sample of the actual game screen.
http://www.yakzee.com   (121 words)

  
 LCR (Left Center Right) Dice Game at Board Games Express
LCR is the new game that everyone's getting hooked on.
LCR (Left Center Right) Dice Game at Board Games Express
Everyone went nuts over it so I ordered 40 games.
http://www.boardgamesexpress.com/prodInfo.asp?number=2117   (254 words)

  
 DO or DICE Game Store - Dice, Miniatures, Role Playing Games, Wargames, CCGs, Board Games and More!
Eberron is the latest setting designed for the DandD game, but it's no simple backdrop to cookie-cutter adventures.
The land of Eberron challenges players and DMs to excel in ways that bring the game to startling levels of excitement.
DO or DICE Game Store - Dice, Miniatures, Role Playing Games, Wargames, CCGs, Board Games and More!
http://www.doordice.com   (367 words)

  
 Cosmic Wimpout - The Dice Game that's Pure Fun - More Than An Experience, It's The Game ...
Whether you play the basic game or make up your own rules, these magical cubes will bring you and your friends hours of fun.
Cosmic Wimpout - The Dice Game that's Pure Fun - More Than An Experience, It's The Game...
Thanks for visiting our virtual Clubhouse for a wealth of rules, stories, pictures and more from almost 30 years of play.
http://www.cosmicwimpout.com   (122 words)

  
 Mozart Dice Game
Utilizing the jMusic structure, this realization of Mozart's Dice Game automates the dice rolling process, and allows waltzes to be generated using Mozart's original rules and phrases.
Depending upon the numbers thrown, different, but similar, pieces can result.
To hear the result play the MIDI file below.
http://jmusic.ci.qut.edu.au/jmtutorial/MozartDiceGame.html   (745 words)

  
 Board Game Manufacturer Custom Dice Board Game Design Boardgame Manufacturing Board Game Production Custom Game ...
At a whopping 4 grams (approx.), the Royale is one of the heaviest plastic game pawns available!
Looking for standard poker components for your poker game?
Board Game Manufacturer Custom Dice Board Game Design Boardgame Manufacturing Board Game Production Custom Game Components Game Parts Dice Manufacturer Grand Prix International Indian Orchard, Mass
http://www.grandprixintl.com   (277 words)

  
 Argument over dice game ends in fatal shooting ajc.com
Argument over dice game ends in fatal shooting
Argument over dice game ends in fatal shooting
A group of people were playing dice when a "verbal altercation ensued," Brown said.
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/0605/17atlshooting.html   (113 words)

  
 Bats Game :: Tabletop Baseball Dice Game ::
Great for travel… rolls into an easy to carry nylon pouch; hard-to-lose magnetic playing pieces; high density felt game board; all weather-proof game parts.
Bats Game :: Tabletop Baseball Dice Game ::
A high-energy interactive game where you roll dice to score runs or strike out your opponent.
http://www.batsgame.com   (128 words)

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