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I ran across this today. Any idea what it is or how to play the game? Looks like it was based off of something in the Kaiji manga.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/inoken_the_worl ... 88611.html

I like the money with Furakawa\'s (sp?) art.

I think the idea is similar to craps or sic bo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic_bo

It\'s Chinchirorin, you can also see Akagi playing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cee-lo_(dice_game)

FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki

Chin-chi-ro-rin is a real dice game that used to be popular in post-war japan and is still very popular in gambling circles. It\'s basically the same thing as cee-lo, although the variant used in Kaiji is irregular.

Has anyone tried the Kaiji DS game? I played it a bit, but unfortunately it\'s way too hard to be fun.

I believe in the Akagi anime he is playing Cho-han:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho-han_bakuchi

If you´re interested in Chinchirorin you might like to know that there´s a playable minigame in the Japanese PS3 game Ryu ga Gotoku: Kenzan!

Although it´s an anachronism with the 17th century setting (!) it also has a full Reach Mahjong minigame with basic options (1/2 rounds and optional kuitan, red fives and ryan han shibari).

You can also play Koi Koi with Hanafuda - Japanese flower cards. If you thought Mahjong was mysterious when you first saw it, that´s nothing compared to this! It´s really quite simple once you know the rules though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanafuda

Oh and there´s Cho Han and Shogi too! But bear in mind that they´re all in the context of an action game so you have to play through a story and explore a city to find them. :)

I believe the same minigames are all available in Ryu ga Gotoku 3, along with Oicho Kabu which is like blackjack played with Hanafuda.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oicho-Kabu

From the japanese instructions it appears to be something like either:

1. a 3-dice craps (as others have suggested)
or 2. similar to yahtzee