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“Dice games” was something of a tradition for a lot of games.

This was a set of dice games which I made a long while back. It was briefly used, and then archived. Unfortunately, the file (and backup) got corrupted due to a disk disaster. While it was posted to some BBS‘, I was unable to retrieve it.. they all closed their doors or had the damaged copy.

I don’t expect that this topic will ever get updated and expanded.

                                   DICE GAMES


          HIGH/LOW                            LUCK OF THE GODS
-choose higher or lower than 14         -Pick a number  between 2 and 12
-roll 4d6 and total them                -roll 2d6--if the number is between the
-double the bet if win                  two dice #'s you win getting double your
                                        money back.
MAX BET:  100gp
                                        MAX BET:  100gp
GM NOTE:--50% chance of winning
or losing.  People will lose more                      BOWLING
often since they believe that
the dice will roll lower more often.    nine pins are stacked up, two tries to
--They think that half of 4d6 is 12.    knock ALL of them down with a ball.

                                 GAMES OF SKILL


               PIN STRIKE                    FIRST TRY      SECOND TRY
-3 pins are stacked, knock them down      1-4  miss!        -if 9 left use the
with 3 balls                              5-7  hit 1-2      first table.
                                          8-12 hit 1-3      -if  7-8 left roll
 1-4  miss!              -knock all down 13-17 hit 1-3      a d20 if 20, STRIKE.
 5-9  near miss.         to win a charm    18  hit 2d4      -5 STRIKE on 19-20
10-12 one knocked down.  or stuffed toy.   19  hit 2d4+1    -4 STRIKE on 19-20
 13   all knocked down!                    20  STRIKE!      -3 STRIKE on 18-20
14-15 one knocked out.   -trade it in                       -2 STRIKE on 19-20
16-19 near miss.         next time for a                    -1 STRIKE on 17-20
20    hit tabe--miss.    better prize.

ARCHERY 1 (short bow)  ARCHERY 2 (short bow or crossbow)--Longbow also exists
 1-4      miss       Competition
 5-8      1 point   -Each player puts equal amounts of money into the pot
 9-10     2 points  - shots, roll as per normal strike.  Total all 6 shots,
11-12     3 points  higpointshest wins.
13-14     4 points  --House takes 1/4 of the pot
15-16     5 points  #1 wins 1/2 of rest,
17-18     6 points  #2 wins 1/2 of rest,
  19      7 points  #3 wins 1/2 of rest,
  20+     8 points  #4 wins 1/2 of rest,
CRITICAL  9 points  #5 wins 1/2 of rest,
                    #6 wins 1/2 of rest.
BET:  5gp per shot  House takes the rest.
WIN:  1gp per point

KNIFE THROWING    DART THROWING
    1-4   0          #1      #2 (baloon popping)
    5-7   1       1-5   0   1-9   version
    8-10  2       6-9   1  10-14     I
   11-13  3      10-14  2  15-17
   14-17  4      15-17  3  18-19
   18-19  5      18-19  4  20-21
    20+   6       20+   5   22+
   CRIT.  8      CRIT.  7  CRIT.
three chances     five chances
BET:  15gp         20gp   15gp
WIN:  1gp/pt.         1gp/pt
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                                 BALOON POPPING

Board is very far, roll strike
as per normal but NO BONUSES.               SPECIAL PRIZES
 1-4     miss         Red      2gp      1 Dart board and set.
  5      hit red      Green    5gp      2 Quality dart board and set.
 6-7     miss         Yellow  10gp      3 Gift certificate for one
  8      hit green    White  Free Game      weapon at nearby smithy
 9-11    miss         Blue     5gp +    4 Gift certificate for one
  12     hit yellow       Free Game         weapon at nearby smithy
13-15    miss         Black  50gp +         (Kobald)
  16     hit white    Special Prize     5 Same as #4 but Dwarven
17-18    miss         (see next table)  6 Gift certificate worth
  19     hit blue                           4d6*1 000gp at the
CRITICAL hit black                          local alchemist shop

3 chances
BET:  20gp

                               GAMES OF STRENGTH

               BELL RINGS
roll 1d20 and add it    roll 1d20 and add it to your
to your strength stat.  strength and endurance stats.
         #1                   #2
 2-9   poor              2-15  poor
10-14  low              16-18  low
15-17  average          19-26  average
18-21  good        5gp  27-32  good         2gp
22-25  v. good    10gp  33-35  v. good      8gp
26-30  excellent  15gp  36-40  excellent    12gp
31-35  ring bell  25gp  41-45  ring bell    20gp
36-39  hard ring  35gp   46+   break hammer 1000gp
 40+   crack bell 50gp         and bell

1 try                   2 tries
BET:  10gp              20gp