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  2. Dice - Wikipedia

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    A die (sg.: die or dice; pl.: dice) [1] is a small, throwable object with marked sides that can rest in multiple positions. Dice are used for generating random values , commonly as part of tabletop games , including dice games , board games , role-playing games , and games of chance .

  3. Glossary of craps terms - Wikipedia

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    Rolling a 4, 6, 8, 10 with a pair of the same number. Sometimes also known as "hard six", "hard eight", et cetera hi-lo a single roll bet for 2 or 12 hi-lo-yo a single roll bet for 2, 11, or 12 high A bet on or roll of 12, also see boxcars hop A single roll bet for a specific combination of dice to come out. Pays 15:1 for easy ways and 30:1 for ...

  4. List of poker playing card nicknames - Wikipedia

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    From dice [8] snake eyes is the outcome of rolling the dice in a game of craps and getting only one pip on each die Squirrel [13] Probably named because the hand is "the nuts". Possibly also a reference to the phrase "Even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while" [14] Sticks: Looks like sticks [8] Teepees: Looks like teepees [8] Two ...

  5. Dice notation - Wikipedia

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    7th Sea and Legend of the Five Rings use only 10-sided dice, so it omits the number of sides, using notation of the form , meaning "roll eight ten-sided dice, keep the highest six, and sum them."Although using a roll and keep system, Cortex Plus games all use roll all the dice of different sizes and keep two (normally the two best), although a ...

  6. Glossary of tables game terms - Wikipedia

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    A die is one of usually two or three six-sided cubes used in playing a tables game. Each face of the cube is marked with a number of pips from 1 to 6 that is used in moving men or scoring. Plural: dice. division Same as quadrant. [2] doubles See doublet. doublet Two dice each with the same pip count. In some tables games, the player plays each ...

  7. Diceware - Wikipedia

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    Five dice showing 41,256, which denotes "monogram" on an updated EFF cryptographic word list. Diceware is a method for creating passphrases, passwords, and other cryptographic variables using ordinary dice as a hardware random number generator. For each word in the passphrase, five rolls of a six-sided die are required.

  8. Poker dice - Wikipedia

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    The sets featured five 12-sided dice allowing for all 52 playing cards to be represented. The remaining 8 faces featured stars and acted as wild cards allowing for every possible poker hand to be rolled. A two-player variant of the game Liar's Dice can be played with Poker dice. Players roll their own set of Poker dice behind a screen, and bid ...

  9. List of dice games - Wikipedia

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    Patterned after the success of collectible card games, a number of collectible dice games have been published. [1] Although most of these collectible dice games are long out-of-print, there is still a small following for many of them. Some collectible dice games include: Battle Dice; Dice Masters; Diceland; Dragon Dice