Dice Games: How to Play Dice Games

As a kid I used to enjoy and play dice games a lot. They are total fun and a great way to pass time. To think that even the pharaohs of Egypt have been playing dice games since time immemorial, it makes them all the more special. What it means that dice games are also the oldest types of games to have been recorded as played. While some games require 5 to 6 dices, they can be played with a single or a coupe of dices as well. Adults as well as kids can equally enjoy these dice games. How to play them is what we are going to take a plunge into, so are you game for it?

Learning to Play Dice Games

Sevens Out
This is an interesting game and if played with kids, it can definitely improve their mathematics! Here we go then!

• Before you start playing, fix a final score. For instance all the players will play till a player reaches 400 or 800 or even 1500 points.
• For this game you require two dices and a score pad.
• One player amongst all the players will be selected to start the game.
• Throw both the dices and at the same time keep a tally of your score.
• Until one player gets a 7 his or turn will continue.
• Once you get the 7, pass on the dice to the other player and write your score.
• Add the numbers which came on the dice after every roll. To explain it better, let's say you roll a 4 and 6. You will have a score of 10.
• Now after you get a 7, add the tally and note it down.
• If you get doubles in a roll, you would gain a double score.
• For example, if you roll a 5 and 5, that is 10, the points you get for that throw doubles to 20.

Zilch
Okay, this is a similar game, though the score is much higher and is played with 6 dices. Let's roll then!

• Roll all the six dice at once.
• Now the catch is that minimum 1 scoring dice has to be taken aside with each roll, do that the player can continue his or her turn.
• When a player has 300 points in his or her kitty, he can choose to bank the points or carry on.
• If a player no more rolls scoring dice, he or she is 'zilch', with a zero score. On the other hand if a player uses all the six dice as scoring dice, he can roll all of them again to add more points.
• Next player will play if the previous player banks the points or scores zilch.
• Even after a player reaches 10000 points, the others are permitted to attempt and get as close to that player as they can.
• At the end of the round, the player who has the most points, is the winner.

Sequences
This is also called straight shooter and is played with 6 dice. Here are the dice game instructions with regards to this game.

• Each player rolls the dice in turn and scores for a sequence of consecutive numbers starting from 1.
• If 2 or more of the same number are rolled, only one will count.
• If a roll has three 1's, the score of that player is canceled and the game starts all over.
• First player to get to 100 points wins.
• The scoring system goes like for 1 on the dice you get 5 points, 1 and 2, you get 10 and so on.

Sometimes these dice game rules can be varied slightly, but that is about it. Dice game rules list has to be seen for playing dice games. How to play them would not be a very serious issue then!

Going to Boston
Also known as the Yankee Grab and New Market, this is a fast game best enjoyed when there are more than 4 players. You need only 3 dice for the game.

• A player gets to roll the dice thrice. The highest number on the first roll is put aside.
• Even if 2 or more dice have highest number, only one is kept to a side.
• The other 2 dice are rolled once again and again the highest numbered dice is put aside from them.
• The final dice is then rolled and finally, the total of the 3 is the player's and is counted as the player's score.
• A round is won by the person having the highest score.
• After a set number of rounds the person winning maximum number of rounds is the winner.

Well, these were some of the dice games apart from poker dice and craps, for example. These dice games can make for real good party games!

I am certain you would enjoy and try out a few more dice games. How to play them, as far as all of them are concerned would have been a real 'dicey' task for you all to read! This is where I sign off, therefore! Enjoy!