Hazard - How to play & History of the game
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- Come and pull up a chair at The Raven's Table. Join me as we discuss how to play a dice game from the medieval age - Hazard. We also go into the history of the game, some variations of the rules, and the ingenious ways some folks cheated their way to victory.
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Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
00:54 History
03:28 How to Play
13:44 Variations of the game
14:34 Cheating techniques
16:04 Wrap-up - Ігри
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I see you, Chaucer. LOL
I couldn't resist! LOL
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Thanks Raven. I did need to understand the origins of the game of Casino Craps.
One of my favorite movies is the 80's version of The Scarlett Pimpernel and they mention this game so I had to look it up. Going to add it to my games nights! Thanks for teaching us!
I liked the A Knights Tale reference. Love your channel.
I couldn't resist, it was just too perfect of an opportunity!
Thanks for watching!
Just found your channel. I love historical games and I want to learn more from you :)
Just discovered your channel, interesting. I mostly focus on non-gambling games. Thanks for this video!
facinatingly simple gameplay😮need to use this with newer games somewhere🤨🤔
I came here after watching a video on how to play craps. Someone in the comments mentioned the origins in Hazard and I had to look it up. Doubt I'll ever get a chance to play this game, but I enjoyed learning the history!
Welcome!
I'm glad you enjoyed my attempt at teaching the game. 😄
That was probably me. I just posted a comment where I link to my new video to demonstrate a Molly version of Hazard
This game is so fun!!!
I am glad you are enjoying it, it certainly can be a lot of fun!
Thanks for watching!
Just discovered your Channel looking for info on the royal game of UR. Love your choice of content and I'll be a regular watcher of the interesting information on games of old in your videos, along with the history lesson with them. Thank you for your work.
Thank you for watching and for the high praise! 😍
This should be taught in school This would help children to be interested in history
I 100% agree! If schools made History (and other subjects) interesting, students would be more likely to get involved in areas that interest them.
Thanks for watching!
Wow that was fascinating!!
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@@TheRavensTable Ok so now that my son and I have been playing, we are wondering a few things. What’s the outcome of rolling a ten at any point? And how do fours play into this game also? Does rolling an eleven after the second roll still mean you lose? Thanks so much
@@s.simmons8258 What you roll during the 2nd roll entirely depends on what the outcome of your first throw is. You can see an example at 9:00 where I declare my main to be 5 and the 10 becomes the chance roll. if I had rolled a 4 in this example, then that 4 would have become the Chance.
I know all this seems really complicated at first, but after playing for a while all the combinations make sense. In the end, there are only 11 sum totals that can be rolled on two dice! LOL
Thanks for the question!
Don't forget even modern games don't have set rules and here in Northern Ireland the most common card game Jack change it doesn't have consistent rules. Depending on where and who you play it with can change the whole way the game works. A game is only consistent when it's not a rule book of a teacher from father to son kinda thing.
You say that other players place bets with the bank after the main is declared. Is there another round of betting after the chance is determined?
For the other players, yes. They could bet on whether the caster will Nick (win) or Out (lose), on how many throws it will take for either, or any other variable.
But for the caster, generally they are still gambling for their initial stake. But it may be interesting to allow the caster to 'double down' or otherwise increase their bet. I'll have to give that a try.
Thanks for the idea!
After chance is determined is when people will start laying and taking odds, and that's when you get into the real game!
Just wanted to ask you to clarify a big Hazard rule mystery that's been in my head for a while:
Some sources I found online implied that Nicks and Crabs are still in effect after the chance number has been determined. Eg, With a main of 7 and a chance of 5, a player could still win the game if they roll an 11 (7's Nick) - or lose by rolling a 2 or 3.
Is there any truth to this? Most places I looked suggested the rules in your video were correct, but I wanted to double check.
Great video by the way - Subbed!
Thanks for the sub!
I will admit, I have not seen that particular set of rules before. But given regional variations and the fact that Hazard was played for such a long period of time, I am not surprised that there are rule sets out there that I haven't run across. The rules you describe would end up changing the odds in that second round of chance rolling.
its either a very very obscure variant either from the time period it was widely played or a modern one, every source talking about the strategy of the game relies on the more common rule that they count the first roll only but i've seen some that dont explicitly say "and these no longer count" when going on to explain a number that is not these becomes the chance so they might have just got confused from the older book's phrasing of things.
the odds of the game become very different if you adopt that rule and every book mentioning odds maintain that 6 and 8 are the worse mains which wouldnt be the case if 11 and 12 still counted against 5 and 9
How did they imply they were still in effect? In Craps, they sort of are, if you're playing the come/don't come. There might have been an equivalent bet in Hazard, though that sounds like a nightmare to keep track of, unless they just use the same main number as the caster, then it's exactly like Craps.
I think players could also bet without a bank, just against each other. The caster would bet a large amount that he would nick, and the other players would combine smaller bets to collectively match the caster's stake. If the caster nicks, he takes all the smaller stakes, and if he outs, the other players divide up the caster's stake.
That certainly could work in a "friendly" game. Not sure how well it would work in a more competitive environment where actual money was changing hands. It would also require that all other players are in agreement that they want to bet against the caster. Not sure how often that kind of consensus could be reached. I will give it a try the next time I play.
Thanks for the suggestion and for watching!
@@TheRavensTable also that negates any issues with the odds being against the caster, as well as the effect of the main number on the odds. As long as everyone has an equal number of turns being caster, leaving the main number the same each time (or even switching between the mains that have equal odds, namely 6 / 8 and 9 / 5), then it's fair for everyone.
For example, we'll have round 1 where everyone has a turn as caster and each caster can choose either 6 or 8 as the main, then another round where it must be 5 or 9, then a round where it must be 7.
The advantage with eliminating the bank is that the odds end up 50-50 for all players over the night. All losses end up as winnings for other players, without any bank skimming off the top.
The way it works in street dice is someone bets opposite you for every bet, including odds. The banker is at advantage on each roll bet, casinos bar the 12 for this reason, so there shouldn't be an issue finding someone to bet against your roll, even after you nick on the come out roll. You could have multiple people betting against a single person, but there isn't really a need? You can just have a single person make individual bets against all of them.
Just always bet on 7 when you can. The probability bell curve of 2d6 puts 7 as the statistically most likely to be rolled. 6 and 8 being equally the second most likely.
It matters more what the crap and nick numbers are, because 7 is the worst if all you care about is hitting the chance, which is why 5, 6, 8 and 9 all have higher probability of hitting craps and lower odds of hitting nicks. I want to add you're most likely going to set a chance number on the first roll whatever your main is, and you can bet on odds after the point is set, which is probably what most people care about. But anyway, yes, 7 is the best, but only because of the change in craps and nicks.
Unless I'm mistaken about how this game is played, I'm assuming Craps is exactly the same but with 7 as the chosen main, but this guy kind of says it's a little bit different when it comes to the payouts after the point/chance is set - I think he probably just misunderstands the rules, though. The odds in Craps are a separate bet from the roller's initial bet, though at least in casinos today, they're limited by the initial bet.
edit: Yeah, there's no way the rules are as he says, because no one would want to bank that game, it's a huge advantage to the caster.
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this game is the predecessor to craps.
Let me guess, I'm shadow blocked from here , too...no one sees my comments anywhere...
I see your comments.
@@kespeth2 It appears to be the same game, except that in craps they skip choosing a main and just set it to 7. Pretty sure this guy gets the odds part of the game wrong, and that's actually just a separate bet as it is in craps, since that would be an enormous advantage to the player if it wasn't separate.