The player who loses a round loses one of their dice. If the bid is valid (at least as many of the face value and any wild aces are showing as were bid), the bidder wins. If the current player challenges the previous bid, all dice are revealed.
the player may bid a higher quantity of the same face or the same quantity of a higher face (the most restrictive a reduction in either face value or quantity is usually not allowed).the player may bid a higher quantity of the same face, or any particular quantity of a higher face (allowing a player to "reset" the quantity).the player may bid a higher quantity of any particular face, or the same quantity of a higher face (allowing a player to "re-assert" a face value they believe prevalent if another player increased the face value on their bid).There are many variants of allowed and disallowed bids common bidding variants, given a previous bid of an arbitrary quantity and face value, include: Raising the bid means either increasing the quantity, or the face value, or both, according to the specific bidding rules used. Each player has two choices during their turn: to make a higher bid, or challenge the previous bid-typically with a call of "liar". Turns rotate among the players in a clockwise order. Ones are often wild, always counting as the face of the current bid.
The first player begins bidding, announcing any face value and the minimum number of dice that the player believes are showing that value, under all of the cups in the game. Five six-sided dice are used per player, with dice cups used for concealment.įive dice are used per player with dice cups used for concealment.Įach round, each player rolls a "hand" of dice under their cup and looks at their hand while keeping it concealed from the other players.