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 ...

Let’s just start by saying it’s ok for gamers to have superstitions about dice. It’s ok to retire dice that misbehave, or even “dice shame” them. It’s ok to “cleanse” dice with sage or a salt water ...

Ben Newell receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The answer in both cases – the single roll and the 6 rolls - is always to predict red, the dominant colour. But I am prepared to bet ...

A mix of history, standardisation and probability explains one of the most familiar quirks of the humble cube.