Pentagonal trapezohedron: 10 faces – the orange, non-cubic die.The most commonly used dice shapes are shown in the image, and listed below. Some other well-known tabletop games include Monopoly, Risk, Dungeons and Dragons, and Settlers of Catan. Examples of tabletop games that involve the use of dice include games like backgammon, Boggle, and Yahtzee, where dice are a central component of the game. They are typically used for tabletop games, which include a wide variety of games, as well as for gambling. A dice is typically a small, throwable object that has multiple faces (most commonly six) and possible positions that indicate a number (or something else), used for generating random numbers and events.