Six games
Dice
Borrow them from any board game in the house. A cup or a mug to roll under helps.
- Push your luck
Bunco
best bit: the whole room stopping dead when someone yells “Bunco!”
Teams of two roll three dice hunting for the round's number. Roll three of it at once and shout “Bunco!”
- Push your luck
Farkle
best bit: risking 2,000 points on one die and somehow rolling a 5
Roll six dice and keep the ones that score. Bank your points, or risk them all on one more roll.
- Social deception
Liar's Dice
best bit: calling “Liar!” on a bid that turns out to be exactly right
Bid on how many of a number are hidden under everyone's cups. Call a bluff, and someone loses a die.
- Social deception · from Germany and Denmark
Mia
best bit: announcing Mia with a perfectly straight face
Secretly roll two dice and claim a score that beats the last one, true or not. Get caught lying, lose a life.
- Push your luck
Pig
best bit: rolling a 1 at 38 points when you really should have stopped
Roll one die as many times as you dare, adding it up. Roll a 1 and you lose everything from that turn.
- Push your luck
Ship, Captain & Crew
best bit: rerolling your cargo hoping for a 12 and getting a 3
Roll five dice up to three times to find a 6, a 5 and a 4, in that order. Your last two dice are your score.