From Monopoly to Backgammon to Yahtzee, our first experiences with board games almost always feature sets of six-sided dice. They’re a great way to create some randomness and chaos in a game, but ...

Look at anything long enough, you’ll start wondering about its particulars, and odds are that more than a few of our readers have stared at a die and genuinely pondered it. Is one face of a 30-sided ...

Six-sided dice from the ancient Roman Empire left little to fate—even if those playing with the dice believed fate decided the outcomes of their games. A recent study from Jelmer Eerkens of the ...

The craps table is a symphony of chaos. Chips clatter. People cheer. The dice fly, hit the back wall, and tumble to a stop. For most players, the outcome is pure, thrilling chance… But what if it wasn ...