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Liar's dice is a class of dice games for two or more players requiring the ability to deceive and to detect an opponent's deception. In "single hand" liar's dice games, each player has a set of dice, all players roll once, and the bids relate to the dice each player can see (their hand) plus all the concealed dice (the other players' hands).
Dead Man's Dice is a pirate -themed game, played with dice, employing luck, strategy, and the accumulation of points. The game was designed by Martin H. Samuel and originally produced for two to six players by Games Above Board. Channel Craft, Inc. of Charleroi, Pennsylvania, United States, published a 2-player version of the game in 2006.
A pirate code, pirate articles, or articles of agreement were a code of conduct for governing ships of pirates, notably between the 17th and 18th centuries, during the so-called "Golden Age of Piracy". The typical pirate crew was an unorthodox mixture of former sailors, escaped convicts, disillusioned men, and possibly escapee or former slaves ...
2+. Playing time. <15 min./round. Ship, Captain, and Crew (also referred to as Cap'n, Bos'n, Mate; Ship of Fools; Clickety Clack; 6-5-4[1] or Destroyer) is a drinking game played with five dice. The game can be played with as few as two people but is usually played in a group of five or more. The object of the game is to roll a six (the "ship ...
Pirate articles were based on the chasse-partie created on buccaneer ships in the 17th century. The chasse-partie determined the division of plunder among the crew as well as other rules. 18th-century pirates built upon this concept and created their own version of "Articles of Agreement." Before setting out on their expedition, pirates wrote ...
Hazard is an early English game played with two dice; it was mentioned in Geoffrey Chaucer 's Canterbury Tales in the 14th century. Despite its complicated rules, hazard was very popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and was often played for money. At Crockford's Club in London, hazard was especially popular.
Farkle. angle, or Farkel, is a dice game similar to or synonymous with 1000/5000/10000, Cosmic Wimpout, Greed, Hot Dice, [1] Squelch, [2] Zilch, [3] or Zonk. Its origins as a folk game are unknown, but the game dates back to at least the mid-1980s. [4]
Playing time. 30–180 minutes. Chance. Considerable. Age range. 8+. Skills. Strategy, Dice rolling, Collecting. The Pirates Constructible Strategy Game is a tabletop game (or constructible strategy game) manufactured by WizKids, Inc., released in early July 2004, [1] and discontinued in 2008.