While some games, like Yahtzee or Craps, use rolling dice as their sole game mechanic, other games use dice for movement (Monopoly), combat (Risk) or even the production of resources (Settlers of Catan).

There are some games that have given dice shiny new purpose. Quarriors treats dice as resources, magical objects and creatures you control for realm domination, and Marvel Dice Masters takes the Quarriors model and gives it a Magic: The Gathering taste of collecting dice like cards. The randomness of dice adds a splash of unpredictability to any game.