Hazard (game) - Rules

Rules

Any number may play, but only one player – the caster – has the dice at any one time.

In each round, the caster specifies a number between 5 and 9 inclusive: this is the main. He then throws two dice.

  • If he rolls the main, he wins (throws in or nicks).
  • If he rolls a 2 or a 3, he loses (throws out).
  • If he rolls an 11 or 12, the result depends on the main:
    • with a main of 5 or 9, he throws out with both an 11 and a 12;
    • with a main of 6 or 8, he throws out with an 11 but nicks with a 12;
    • with a main of 7, he nicks with an 11 but throws out with a 12.
  • If he neither nicks nor throws out, the number thrown is called the chance. He throws the dice again:
    • if he rolls the chance, he wins;
    • if he rolls the main, he loses (unlike on the first throw);
    • if he rolls neither, he keeps throwing until he rolls one or the other, winning with the chance and losing with the main.

This is simpler to follow in a table:

Main Nicks Outs Chance
5 5 2,3,11,12 Anything else
6 6,12 2,3,11
7 7,11 2,3,12
8 8,12 2,3,11
9 9 2,3,11,12

As long as he keeps winning, the caster may keep playing: but if he wins three times in succession, he must pass the dice to the player to his left, who becomes the new caster.

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