Liar’s Dice

Your bid to open the round

Current bid

0 dice on the table. 1s are wild.

Set a quantity and a number, then Bid. Or call Liar! on the last bid. Your record: 0 wins · 0 losses · 0 draws

How to play Liar’s Dice

Liar’s Dice is a game of bluffing and odds. Everyone rolls their dice in secret under a cup, then takes turns bidding on what’s on the whole table.

Everyone rolls five dice and looks only at their own.
Make a bid on how many dice of one number there are across all players, like “four 5s”. 1s are wild and count as any number.
Each bid must be higher than the last: more dice of any number, or the same number of dice of a higher number. Four 3s can be raised to four 6s or five 2s.
Or call “Liar!” if you don’t believe the last bid. Everyone reveals their dice.
Whoever was wrong loses a die. If the bid was true (there are at least that many), the caller loses a die. If it was false, the bidder does.
Last player with dice wins.

Do the maths. With 1s wild, about one die in three matches any number. With 15 dice you can’t see, expect about five of any number.
Count your own dice. Add your matching dice to the expected number from everyone else’s.
Bid what you have. Bidding on a number you hold lots of is safer and quietly misleads the others.
Call late, not early. Bids are usually true near the start of a round. They get shaky as they climb.

Learn the odds behind every bid and when to call Liar!

Yes. Play as many games as you like against two or three computer players, free in your browser.

Yes. 1s count as whatever number is being bid, so bids are always on 2s to 6s.

The player who lost a die starts the next round. If they’re out, the next player does.

Not yet. Because everyone’s dice are secret, it needs separate screens. For now you play against the computer.

They count their own dice and work out the odds for the dice they can’t see. Easy players are reckless; Hard players play the odds closely.