Crown and Anchor is a simple dice game, traditionally played for gambling purposes by sailors in the Royal Navy as well as those in the British merchant and fishing fleets.
A Crown and Anchor die
Crown and Anchor playing mat and dice
Crown and Anchor stall at Battle of Flowers funfair in Jersey
Dice are small, throwable objects with marked sides that can rest in multiple positions. They are used for generating random values, commonly as part of tabletop games, including dice games, board games, role-playing games, and games of chance.
Four traditional dice showing all six different sides.
Composite image of all sides of a 12 mm (1⁄2 in) Roman die, found in Leicestershire, England
Roman wall painting showing two dice-players, Pompeii, 1st century
Knucklebones die, made of soapstone