Here are the top games you can play with dice.
Yacht / Yahtzee
Imagine playing poker, but with five dice. This is hands down the most popular game to play with dice in the US. You have three chances to roll five dice to achieve the best poker hand. One game of Yahtzee goes 13 rounds, and after each series of 3 rolls, you check off the best dice combination.
On the top section, you go for pairs and add up the sum of the pairs for all six dice (1 through 6). If your total is 63 points of over, you add 35 points as a bonus.
On the bottom section, you try and roll dice combinations that are similar to poker 3 of a kind (total of all dice), 4 of a kind (total of all dice), full house (25 points), sm straight 4 dice in order (30 points), large straight 5 dice in order (40 points), Yahtzee (50 points) & Chance (total of all dice)
Beetle
Another popular game to play with dice is Beetle. A player rolls 1 dice to determine which body part to draw of a beetle.
1 die - Body
2 die - Head
3 die - Leg
4 - Eyes
5 - Antenna
6 - Tail
Rules: You must draw the body of the Beetle itself first. The game itself does not start until the player has rolled a 1 to draw the body shape. The same applies to the antenna and eyes; both cannot be drawn until the player has rolled a 2.
How do you win?
Draw a complete Beetle with a body, two antennas, two eyes, six legs, and a tail.