Dice have kept us company for thousands of years, and some of the games have survived almost as long. Hazard was the great dice game of the Middle Ages and the ancestor of modern craps. Cho-Han is the Japanese classic where everything rides on odd or even.
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The dealer shakes two dice under a cup, and you bet on whether the total comes up even or odd.
Roll two dice, add a chip to the room or pocket the one already there, and hope for the pig or the king.
A reconstructed staking game from antiquity where double six wins it all and double one is punished.
Name a main, roll two dice, and win with a nick or by hitting your chance before the main comes back.
A playable reconstruction of Roman dice play, with the Venus throw, the dog throw and tokens in the pot.
Bet on the crown, the anchor or a card suit, let the banker roll three symbol dice, and get paid for every match.
A Chinese dice game where three of a kind is the shepherd and the rest is the flock. Six of a kind takes the pot.
The rules here are written for ordinary dice, so the games can be tried at the kitchen table tonight. Where the sources are uncertain, the page says clearly that the rules are a modern reconstruction. It makes each game a small journey in time: the same tension now as centuries ago.