This is a great game if playing with family or friends as you can add the extra dimension of betting with real money or simply playing for fun.
2+ players (3 or more is best) Ages 5+
Resources: 2 Dice and a score sheet or tokens/ gambling chips.
Time Needed for One Round: 2 minutes.
How to Play Mexico Dice
- General Play
The objective is to be the last player with any tokens/chips/lives. At the end of each round the losing player loses one life (if gambling then they put one chip into the center ‘winner pot’).
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In order to win a round you need to have rolled the highest score from your two dice. Your score is the two-digit number represented by the face value of the dice, in which the larger number is the first digit. For example, a roll of a 2 and 3 would be a score of 32.
Doubles(1-1, 2-2, 3-3, etc.) score higher than any mixed roll. e.g a 1-1 scores higher than a 6-5.
A ‘Mexico’ is the highest score 2-1! -
Player 1 rolls the two dice. He can choose to accept his roll or he can roll again. A maximum of three rolls and you cannot choose your score from a previous roll. The score is noted.
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NB: If player one chooses to roll more than once all subsequent players can only have a maximum number of rolls as player 1 e.g if player 1 doesn’t like his first roll but likes his second then all subsequent players can only have 2 rolls maximum in that round.
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Player 2 rolls the two dice. He can choose to accept his roll or he can roll again (Only if player 1 rolled again). The score is noted.
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When all players have a score noted, then the player with the lowest recorded score loses that round. That player then loses a ‘life’ or has to put a token/chip in the ‘winner’s pot’.
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The losing player starts the next round.
- How to Win
Play continues until there is only one player left with any ‘lives’ or tokens/chips. They then claim the ‘Winner’s Pot’.
| Mexico Dice Score: from Best Down |
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| 2-1 |
| 6-6 |
| 5-5 |
| 4-4 |
| 3-3 |
| 2-2 |
| 1-1 |
| 6-5 |
| 6-4 etc |
| 3-1 |
