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Pirate Dice, first known as Liar's Dice, is a dice game played in the Pirate's of the Caribbean movies. In it, several people sit at a table and roll their dice before placing bids. In the movie, the loser was forced to sell his soul to Davey Jones and work on his ship forever. In real life, the loser won't have to do anything quite so drastic, but Pirate Dice is a good party game and challenges your logic and powers of observation.
The Game
In Pirate Dice, each player starts out with five six-sided dice. When a player loses all his dice, he is out. The game continues until only one person is left. Players roll their five dice, keeping them concealed with their hand so the other player's cannot see what they have rolled. One player places a bid. The next person must either raise that bid or challenge the bid by saying, "Liar." The bid keeps going around the table with the next player raising it each time until someone calls "liar", then all the dice are revealed. If the person who made the bid was lying, they lose a dice. If they weren't lying, the person who called liar loses one dice. Play continues in a clockwise motion.
Bidding
When placing a bid, you are trying to guess how many of one number are on the table. For example, you look at your hand and see that two of the dice you rolled are fours. You might decide that there is a high chance that at least one other player also rolled a four, so you would guess three fours. The next person either calls you a liar and everyone reveals their dice or they must bid.
When bidding, they typically have two options. They can either bid a higher number of the same value you used or they can bid any number of a different, higher value. What this means is that since you bid three fours, if they guess how many fours are on the table, they must guess higher than three. If, however, they decide to choose a different number besides four, they can guess however many they want as long as the number they choose is higher than four. A player might choose to bid two fives. Then, if the next person does not call liar, the next person must either bid three or more fives or any number of sixes.
Variations
There are different variations of Pirate Dice. The number one can be declared wild. This means when anyone rolls a one, it automatically counts as whatever number the player is bidding. If you bid that there are five fours on the table, any ones on the table are temporarily counted as fours.
Various bidding systems exist as well. One such variation states the bidder can bid any number of dice as long as the number and the value of the dice in the bid are higher than the previous bid when the two numbers are added together. For example, if a player bids two threes that would equal five. The next player's bid, when added, must be higher than five.
The Game
In Pirate Dice, each player starts out with five six-sided dice. When a player loses all his dice, he is out. The game continues until only one person is left. Players roll their five dice, keeping them concealed with their hand so the other player's cannot see what they have rolled. One player places a bid. The next person must either raise that bid or challenge the bid by saying, "Liar." The bid keeps going around the table with the next player raising it each time until someone calls "liar", then all the dice are revealed. If the person who made the bid was lying, they lose a dice. If they weren't lying, the person who called liar loses one dice. Play continues in a clockwise motion.
Bidding
When placing a bid, you are trying to guess how many of one number are on the table. For example, you look at your hand and see that two of the dice you rolled are fours. You might decide that there is a high chance that at least one other player also rolled a four, so you would guess three fours. The next person either calls you a liar and everyone reveals their dice or they must bid.
When bidding, they typically have two options. They can either bid a higher number of the same value you used or they can bid any number of a different, higher value. What this means is that since you bid three fours, if they guess how many fours are on the table, they must guess higher than three. If, however, they decide to choose a different number besides four, they can guess however many they want as long as the number they choose is higher than four. A player might choose to bid two fives. Then, if the next person does not call liar, the next person must either bid three or more fives or any number of sixes.
Variations
There are different variations of Pirate Dice. The number one can be declared wild. This means when anyone rolls a one, it automatically counts as whatever number the player is bidding. If you bid that there are five fours on the table, any ones on the table are temporarily counted as fours.
Various bidding systems exist as well. One such variation states the bidder can bid any number of dice as long as the number and the value of the dice in the bid are higher than the previous bid when the two numbers are added together. For example, if a player bids two threes that would equal five. The next player's bid, when added, must be higher than five.
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