An Englishman, Sir William of Tyre, and his knights created it around 1125 during the Crusades. Most agree that the dice game evolved from another similar one called Hazard. However, for a game that genuinely resembles craps, we need to fast-forward to the middle ages. They created the cubes from shaved pig knuckles and shaped them into dice-looking objects. Some historians believe that Roman soldiers played a game where they threw cube shapes into an inverted shield. We can trace the early roots of craps back to Ancient Rome.
This quick historical overview will look into when and where the game was invented, how it developed, and everything you need to know about its long and rich story.
