DICE 🎲 CUPS

An alternative way to play Liar’s Dice

👥 Recommended Players

• 4 players

🧰 Items Needed

• 4 cups

• 12 six-sided dice (3 per player)

• A way to track points (e.g., phone or paper)

🛠 Setup

• Each player gets 1 cup and 3 dice.

• Play on a flat surface.

• To decide who goes first in the first round, each player rolls one die. The highest number starts. If there’s a tie, those players re-roll until someone wins!

• Choose the maximum number of points a player needs to win the game. The following are some recommendations:

  • Quick Game – First to 50 points. Great for short, fast-paced sessions (about 10–20 minutes).

  • Standard Game – First to 75 points. Balanced for most groups (around 20–30 minutes).

  • Full Game – First to 100 points. Best for longer, more strategic play (around 30–45 minutes).
    
    

🎲 How to Play

✅ Starting a Round

• Everyone puts their 3 dice into their cup.

• Shake the cup face down on the surface to randomize the dice.

• Secretly peek at your dice without revealing them to others.

♻️ Taking Turns

Players take turns in clockwise order. On your turn, choose one of the following actions:

(Note: The first player can only guess.)

1. Guess 🧐🎲

Make a claim about how many dice (in total) show a specific number across all players.
Your guess must be higher than the previous guess in at least one of these ways:

• More dice (e.g., from “2 dice showing 4” to “3 dice showing 4”)

• Higher number (e.g., from “2 dice showing 4” to “2 dice showing 5”)

• Both (e.g., “2 dice showing 4” to “3 dice showing 5”)

Maximums:

• Quantity: Up to 12 dice

• Die number: Up to 6

2. Watch 👀❗

You choose to stop participating in the round after already making a guess.

• You can only Watch if you’ve made at least one guess.

• Once you Watch, you can’t take any more actions this round.

Scoring Note:

• Your last guess still counts at the end of the round.

• But if it turns out to be correct, you only earn reduced points:
  You score whichever is higher between the quantity or number of your guess.

• Example: If your guess was “3 dice showing 4” → you earn 4 points instead of 12.

3. Doubt 🤨❓

Challenge the last guess made. All players immediately reveal their dice, and the round ends.

Scoring:

• If the last guess was correct:

  • The guesser earns quantity × number points.

  • The doubter loses points equal to the higher of the quantity or number from the guess.

• If the last guess was incorrect:

  • The guesser loses quantity × number points.

  • The doubter earns points equal to the higher of the quantity or number from the guess.

🏁 Ending a Round

A round ends when:

• A player doubts the previous guess,
  or

• All players have either made a guess or chosen to Watch, and only one guess remains active.

At the end of the round:

• Everyone reveals their dice.

• All valid guesses (including reduced ones from Watchers) are checked.

• Points are awarded or deducted accordingly.

The next round begins with the player who is next in the turn order.

🥳 How to Win

The game ends when a player reaches the maximum score (set before the game starts).

• However, if a player's score would exceed the maximum due to points earned in a round, those points do not count.

Example:
If the maximum score is 100 and a player has 96 points, then earns 10 points that round, their total remains 96 — the 10 points are discarded.