Ups and Downs

Starting off the board, as you go from start to end, take note of where you end each turn.

[Saturday, May 24 at 03:30 PM UTC] Erratum in Ups and Downs: The flavortext was changed.
DNEDMAAZLAOUE
XIJCALSCPVLPS
PHSFMODAERWTA
MYERBONUOSVFC
ABTFAARTEWYIR
CIGHCHAVAQTLI
ROWOOVBIZQGXA
HENTENHPCDYET
SDDLARXEMOCPS
AUEDSQJRHIBIL
NEXZAGTKWNKRQ
STARTLJDEKJVA

Rolls: 6 2 1 3 6 1 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 6 6 6 4 5 6 6

Hints

How should I start this puzzle? This is a word search. You need to find 9 more words - A set of 5 connected words, and another set of 4. Once you do that, look through the title and flavourtext of the puzzle as well to see if it hints you what this puzzle is referencing. Then you can try to apply the rolls at the bottom.
I found some words, but I still don't understand what this puzzle is about? According to the flavor text the grid is a "board" and there's dice rolls at the bottom, which implies the puzzle relates to a board game. Do you know of a board game played on a rectangular grid where you roll dice and which relates to the two sets of words you found in the grid and also relates to the title of the puzzle?