I may have to bring my dice, like any good Rom. Rarely do I get the downtime to actually paly games during an event, the long event may work better. The usual game of choice is a variant of Liar's Dice.
Play is simple. All you need is a dice cup with a lid (or a tray) and five dice. The players select one person to start the first round, then each consecutive round is started by the next person in the group. New players are added to the dealer's left if they come in between rounds.
To start a round, every player antes the same amount, usually a single coin of whatever sort the game has agreed on. I like to play for copper so that noone goes away feeling too badly used, but silver and gold are easy enough. Once the bids are in the pot, the dealer shakes the cup and flips it onto the tray or lid, then looks at the dice himself, concealing them from the rest of the players. Based on what is showing, he makes his first bid, then passes to the right.
Bidding rules are simple as well. A bid is a declaration of a number of faces showing on the dice. For example, if the rolled dice were showing:
A truthful bid might be 'One two.' Each consecutive bid, as the dice pass around the table, must be higher than the last. One can either bid more of the current face bid, or any number of any higher face. So following the bid of 'one two', both 'two twos' or 'one three' would be legal bids, but 'one one' would not.
Once the bid is made, the player looks to the rest of the table. The other players, given his bid, now have the option to call him a liar, and challenge his bid. The next person up may challenge a bid for free, however any other player at the table may choose to challenge provided they are willing to double the pot if they are wrong. If challenged, the cup is removed and the dice read. If the bid was honest, the pot goes to the bidder. If the bidder was lying, the pot goes to whoever called him out. Assuming noone calls, the bidder passes the tray, with the cup still covering the dice, to the right. The next player then looks at the dice and either makes his own bit based on the dice or rerolls any number of the dice before bidding. This proceeds around the table until someone is called out, the pot is distributed, and a new round begins with ante.
If a higher stakes game is wished, the pot may be fed by requiring each player to ante every time it is their turn, thus ensuring that the stakes will grow as the bidding gets more risky. It is customary, but not necessary, to begin with a relatively low bid, and to let the cup make at least one lap of the table before calling, unless someone has bid outrageously.
I'll bring my cup and dice to the national event, hopefully someone will be up to take a poor, honest man up on a bit of fun.
Play is simple. All you need is a dice cup with a lid (or a tray) and five dice. The players select one person to start the first round, then each consecutive round is started by the next person in the group. New players are added to the dealer's left if they come in between rounds.
To start a round, every player antes the same amount, usually a single coin of whatever sort the game has agreed on. I like to play for copper so that noone goes away feeling too badly used, but silver and gold are easy enough. Once the bids are in the pot, the dealer shakes the cup and flips it onto the tray or lid, then looks at the dice himself, concealing them from the rest of the players. Based on what is showing, he makes his first bid, then passes to the right.
Bidding rules are simple as well. A bid is a declaration of a number of faces showing on the dice. For example, if the rolled dice were showing:
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5 3 3 2 6Once the bid is made, the player looks to the rest of the table. The other players, given his bid, now have the option to call him a liar, and challenge his bid. The next person up may challenge a bid for free, however any other player at the table may choose to challenge provided they are willing to double the pot if they are wrong. If challenged, the cup is removed and the dice read. If the bid was honest, the pot goes to the bidder. If the bidder was lying, the pot goes to whoever called him out. Assuming noone calls, the bidder passes the tray, with the cup still covering the dice, to the right. The next player then looks at the dice and either makes his own bit based on the dice or rerolls any number of the dice before bidding. This proceeds around the table until someone is called out, the pot is distributed, and a new round begins with ante.
If a higher stakes game is wished, the pot may be fed by requiring each player to ante every time it is their turn, thus ensuring that the stakes will grow as the bidding gets more risky. It is customary, but not necessary, to begin with a relatively low bid, and to let the cup make at least one lap of the table before calling, unless someone has bid outrageously.
I'll bring my cup and dice to the national event, hopefully someone will be up to take a poor, honest man up on a bit of fun.
