Liar's Dice

How to play

Everyone starts with five dice behind a cup and each round rolls them in secret — you see only your own. Play goes around with BIDS about the TOTAL number of a face showing across ALL players' dice: a bid names a quantity and a face, like "four 3s".

Ones (aces) are WILD and count as any face. Each new bid must be strictly higher than the last — a bigger quantity, or the same quantity with a higher face (you can never name a wild 1).

Instead of bidding you may call LIAR on the standing bid: every cup lifts and the real count of that face — wild 1s included — is compared to the bid.

If the count is LESS than the bid the bidder was bluffing and loses a die; otherwise the caller was wrong and loses a die. The loser leads the next round. Lose all your dice and you're out; the last player still holding dice wins.

Simplified: no "exact"/spot-on call and no single-die special rounds.

Ways to play

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  Against the computerPlay on one device against a computer opponent.
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  Play together, nearbyWith family and friends in the same room: up to 6 players, each on their own phone or tablet. No Wi-Fi or internet needed. In the Jambolaya app.
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  Learn by playingA guided lesson on the real game teaches you the rules one step at a time.