Complete rules for the best dice games. Push your luck, roll and write, and more.
What is a push-your-luck game? Push-your-luck mechanics let you keep rolling to score more, but risk losing everything if you roll the wrong result. Yahtzee, Farkle, and Tenzi all use this. The decision of when to stop is the core tension.
What is roll and write? Everyone rolls the same dice and writes their results on individual scoresheets. Everyone plays simultaneously with no downtime. Qwixx and Yahtzee are the most popular examples.
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Triple Yahtzee, Painted Yahtzee
Push-your-luck classic
Speed race, multiple variants
Bidding + bluffing
Luck-based, any group size
12-player party dice game
Push-your-luck: Keep rolling to score more, but risk losing everything on a bad roll. Farkle, Tenzi, and Yahtzee all use this. The decision of when to stop rolling is the core tension.
Roll and write: Everyone uses the same dice roll and marks individual scoresheets. No downtime — everyone plays simultaneously. Qwixx and Yahtzee are the most popular.
Bluffing with dice: Liar's Dice and Perudo have players bid on what they think all dice show (face-down). Bluff your way to victory or call someone else's bluff. Similar feel to poker but with dice.
Yahtzee is the best-selling dice game of all time and has been in continuous production since 1956. It remains one of the most-played games in American homes.
You can play Farkle, Liar's Dice, Bunco, Left Right Center (with special rules), and many traditional dice games with standard 6-sided dice. Yahtzee requires five standard dice, which most households have.
Farkle is a push-your-luck dice game. Roll six dice, set aside scoring combinations, and decide whether to keep rolling or bank your points. If you roll and score nothing, you "Farkle" and lose all points for that turn. See the full Farkle rules →
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