Playing games are a great way to connect as a family, I love playing dice games with kids because they are quick, easy, and help bring in a little (or a lot) of math.
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Dice games are simple fun, great for on-the-go play, and are great for a rainy day when you are stuck inside.
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Here are some of my favorite dice games- some are board games and some just use dice and score sheets. So get your dice and let’s go!
10 Dice Games for Kids- for Fun and Learning!
Tenzi
Tenzi is basically a set of 10 dice in each of 4 different colors. The goal of basic Tenzi is to roll the dice and be the first to get all 10 dice the same number.
There are an infinite number of ways to play Tenzi:
- Choose a number and be the first to get all 10 dice that number
- Be the first to get all the dice in pairs
- Be the first to stack all 10 dice in a tower
- Be the first to make all 10 dice add up to 20
- And so on….
You can purchase 77 Ways to Play Tenzi, or just come up with your own. It can be as easy or as challenging as you wish!
We once played where we had to roll 2 Yahtzees (5 of one number in one roll). Now, that took a loooonng time!
Qwixx
Qwixx is a color coded dice game that comes with 2 white dice, a yellow, red, green and blue dice. The concept and scoring is simple- so kids as young as 5 of so can play.
Qwixx is a math based game- so it will help with addition skills practice. To play you roll all six dice and try to mark off the sums of certain colored dice on the scoring sheet. The more scores you can mark off before the game ends the higher your score!
If you already have enough dice you can just get the scoring sheets.
Yahtzee
Yahtzee is a classic dice game and the first one I ever remember playing.
What I love most about Yahtzee is that it’s a dice game for ALL generations. I can play with my kids, my mom and my grandmother and we all have fun- so it’s a great way to connect together.
You can buy a set, or just gather up 5 dice and get some score sheets.
Flash!
Flash is a lightning fast dice game that uses visual perception math skills to win the game.
It can be played with 2-6 players- and since there’s no real strategy- there’s an even playing field no matter the age of the player.
The game comes with 36 dice, scoring chips, and a scoring pad.
Knockout
Knockout is one of my favorite math-based dice games for kids. All you need is 2 dice and a dry erase board and you can help your kid practice their addition facts under the guise of a fun game!
Use either standard 6 sided dice or up the challenge and use 12 sided dice!
Get the full directions on how to play Knockout
Farkle
Farkle is a scored dice game that requires you to roll a 1, 5 or a special combination like 3 of a kind, 3 pairs, or a straight.
You can continue to roll on your turn as long as you have rolled at least one scoring die. You can choose to stop and keep your points at any time, or keep rolling and take the chance of getting more.
First player to make it to 10,000 points wins!
Different versions of Farkle seem to have different rules and scoring- but the basic gist is the same. You can buy a Farkle set, or simply gather up 6 dice and follow these rules.
Yamslam
Yamslam is similar to Yahtzee, but you keep score using chips instead of on paper. It’s fast paced and easy to play. According to the company:
“Let the five dice roll you to a win with Yam slam! Calculated chances and strategic choices will place the odds in your favor. After each roll, choose the dice that will get you the best combination. Each combination is worth a different point value and has only 4 chips, so get the best ones before they run out. Race your friends to the special bonuses and keep the suspense rolling until the end with Yam slam.”
Its mostly a game of chance, so all ages can roll the dice and play and have a chance at winning.
UNO Dice
UNO is one of my favorite card games. Combine that with my love of dice games and you get UNO Dice!
UNO Dice is a 2 player game that comes with dice that you roll and try to match by color or number- just like classic UNO. Get rid of your dice first- and you win!
Dragonwood
I featured Dragonwood in my 10 Best Family Board Game too, but since it’s a favorite and also a dice game, I will feature it here as well.
Dragonwood is a card and dice game where you collect cards and use them to earn chances to roll the dice and capture fun woodland creatures. The more you capture the higher your points. Capture the Dragons to end the game!
Pig
Pig is a fast dice game of chance. All you need to play is 2 players (or more….) and 1 die.
To play Pig, a player rolls the dice over and over. The goal is to get as many points as possible- by adding up the face value of the rolls. But watch out- if you roll a 1 your turn is over and you lose all of the points from that roll.
Keep rolling and chance losing your points- or play it safe and pass the die to the next player and keep all the points you rolled.
The first player to reach 100 points wins.
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I like card games. I like social interaction games. And yeah, I like board games. But there’s something special about dice games, isn’t there?
The cool feel of plastic as you roll, followed by the satisfying clack-clack-clack, and that tense moment as you hope for that one winning result.
Dice games may not be heavy, and they may not even be deep, but they’re great for lighter fun with a dose of socialization when you just need to relax or pass the time.
Here are some of the best dice games for your collection!
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1. Pandemic: The Cure
It’s like Pandemic except your dice rolls determine which actions you can do. The “board” is now condensed down to the six major continents, and there are infection dice that determine where outbreaks happen.
It’s just as cooperative as the original game, but faster paced and more tense! Really fun and great replay value.
2. Bang: The Dice Game
The original Bang card game has horrible pacing. But the dice version? So much better!
The same roles are in play (Sheriff, Deputy, Outlaw, Renegade) and players choose characters with special abilities, but the gameplay is simplified: roll to see what you can do, plus two re-roll chances for dice you don’t want.
The fun of the deduction element is still there, but you can end the game within 20 minutes instead of two hours.
3. Dice Town
Each player starts with five poker dice and some money. Every round, players simultaneously “draw a hand” by rolling their poker dice (in a cup), setting one result aside, and repeating until a full hand of five dice are drawn.
Players compare their hands and may take various actions depending on how they stack up against everyone else.
4. Quarriors
Quarriors is a light-medium-weight deckbuilding game—except instead of cards, your “deck” consists of various kinds of dice.
Everyone starts with the same set of dice, but each player’s dice pool evolves in different ways based on their choices in the game. It’s fantasy-themed and playable within 30 minutes.
What’s not to love?
5. The Castles of Burgundy: The Dice Game
The Castles of Burgundy: The Dice Game is a fun territory-building game that uses custom dice to determine which territories you can claim. Games last a bit under 30 minutes.
Note that this is different than the original The Castles of Burgundy board game, which is similar to Catan. While the original game is a heavier and more complex game, the dice version is much lighter and easier to play.
Related: How to know when you’ve outgrown Catan
6. Roll for the Galaxy
Roll for the Galaxy is the dice version of Race for the Galaxy, one of the more popular board games to come out in the last decade. It’s an economic strategy game in space, where your dice represent your workers.
This medium-weight game needs a bit of commitment to play, with an average play time of 45 minutes.
7. Zombie Dice
It doesn’t get any lighter than Zombie Dice: on your turn, you roll three of the custom dice which have Brains (one point), Footsteps (optional re-roll), and Shotguns.
After you roll, you can choose to accept your current score or roll an additional three dice. The catch? If you roll three Shotguns, you forfeit all points you would’ve earned that turn.
Push your luck, baby!
8. Qwixx
Do you like Yahtzee? Then you’ll love Qwixx. It’s a roll-and-write game where everyone plays their turns simultaneously.
Players have score cards with the numbers 2 to 12 in each of four colors: red, yellow, green, blue. Each round, a set of shared dice are thrown: two normal dice, and one die of each color.
The dice determine which boxes can be marked off on score cards, but here’s the twist: once a number is marked off for a color, you can’t mark off smaller numbers for that color in future rounds. If you can’t mark off any number in a round, you get a penalty. After someone has four penalties, the game ends.
It’s a fun family game. Note that the score cards are one-time use, so you will eventually need to order replacement score cards.
9. Blueprints
In Blueprints, players attempt to complete various buildings by taking turns picking dice of different colors from a shared pool.
The fun part is that the dice need to be arranged according to the shape on the building’s blueprint card. At the end, players tally up their points to see who wins.
10. Liar’s Dice
Everyone has five dice that they roll and conceal under a cup.
The first player starts with a bid: a face value between 1 and 6 and a count of how many of that face value are face-up under everyone’s cups.
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The next player can increase the bid (a higher face value or a higher count) or call “Liar!” on the previous player.
It keeps going until someone is called out, then all dice are revealed. It’s light, it’s fun, and good for families.
You don’t actually have to buy anything to play Liar’s Dice—you just need five dice plus one cup for every player. But dice games are more fun when you have quality components!
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