Originally posted by davidche:
no leh
Five six-sided dice are generally used per player, with dice cups used for concealment.
Each round, the players roll their dice while keeping them concealed from the other players. One player begins bidding, picking a face 2 through 6 (1 is special) and a quantity. The quantity states the player's opinion on the minimum number of the chosen face have been rolled in total on the table. A 1 is wild and counts as the stated face. In a five dice each, three player game, the lowest bid is "one 2" and the highest bid "fifteen 6s".
In turn, each player must either raise the bid or challenge the previous bid. Raising the bid means either increasing the quantity of the previous face or selecting any quantity with an increased face.
If the current player thinks the previous player's bid is wrong, he challenges it and then all dice are revealed to determine whether the bid was valid. Revealing the same number or more of the relevant face than was bid is a successful bid, in which case the previous player wins. Otherwise the challenger wins. A challenge is generally indicated by revealing one's dice.
Examples of revealed dice results for a bid of "seven 4s:
Success: seven 4s; ten 4s; five 4s and two 1s; seven 1s.
Failure: six 4s; four 4s and two 1s; six 1s.