Snake eyes possible roll, and will often be a loser in many dice games, such as craps, the term has been employed in a more general usage as a reference to bad luck. In some board games, such as "Monopoly", house rules may decide that this roll earns the player a bonus due to it being rare and otherwise disadvantageous. The odds of rolling snake eyes on two six-sided dice are 1-in-36 (1/6 * 1/6). Snake eyes In gambling in general and the game of craps in particular, snake eyes is the outcome of rolling the dice in a game and getting
Dice chess kings is to reduce the elements of chance in the game. Another form of dice chess is "Vegas Fun Chess", whose rules are described here. That site also indicates that "Pritchard's Encyclopedia of Chess Variants contains descriptions of seven versions of what he calls 'Dice Chess'." John Gollon, in his book "Chess Variations: Ancient, Regional, and Modern", notes three ways in which dice may be used in connection with a game of chess. The most common is similar to that described in the preceding sections. A second way to use dice is to have each player roll one die on