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 number of dice that the player believes are showing that value, under all of the cups in the game. Three Fives, a Two, and a One an average Liar's Dice hand.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. He challenged Davy Jones himself to a game in order to find the location of the key to the Dead Man's Chest. Any crew member could be challenged, and Will Turner once used this to his advantage when he was forced into service aboard the Dutchman. The game included every player's dice, and wagers were made on years of service on board the Dutchman.
Will Turner and Davy Jones play a game of Liar's Dice.Īboard the Flying Dutchman, the terms of the crewmen were that they would throw their dice in a cup and guess the number of a number on their top faces (i.e. 'I accept, mate.' ― Will Turner, Bootstrap Bill Turner and Davy Jones
