Overview

Pig Dice is a classic press-your-luck dice game where players roll dice to accumulate points, risking their turn’s score each time they roll. The first player to reach 100 points wins.

Components

• 1 set of specially designed Pig Dice (or standard dice can be used)
• 1 Dice Shaker
• Paper and pencil for scorekeeping

Setup

Players sit in a circle. Any number may play. The first player is chosen and play proceeds clockwise.

Turn Structure

On your turn:

1. Roll the die/dice.
2. Add the total of each roll to your running score for this turn.
3. After each roll, choose to either roll again or stop and bank your accumulated turn score.
4. If you roll a losing combination, you lose all points accumulated during this turn.

Actions

Rolling

Roll the dice. Depending on the result:

• Standard Pig (1 die): Rolling a 1 ends your turn with 0 points for that turn. Any other number adds to your running total.
• Two-die Pig variant: Various combinations have special scoring:

Roll	Result
One Head and one Tail	Doubles your score already made this turn
One Head and one ordinary die	Deducts the face value of that single die only
One Tail and one ordinary die	Scores the face value of the die face only
Two ordinary dice	Add both to your turn score

Stopping

Give up the die. Your accumulated score for this turn is added to your total.

Surrendering

A player may surrender the die to the player on their left at any time. Give up the die whenever you feel it is time to stop.

Scoring / Victory Conditions

Play continues until any player’s total reaches 100 points or more. That player must then decide whether to try to increase their total further or stand on their score. After this player’s decision, every other player gets one more turn to try to equal or beat that score. After all remaining players have made their final attempt, the player with the highest score wins.

Special Rules & Edge Cases

• A player who reaches 100 points first does NOT automatically win; all other players get a final turn.
• After reaching 100, the leading player may continue rolling to increase their lead, but risks losing their turn score.
• If a Head and Tail turn up on the first roll, there is no score (nothing to double), so roll again.
• If a 7 turns up on the first roll, there is no score, so the die must be passed to the next player.
• Multiple players may exceed 100 in their final turns; highest score wins regardless.

Player Reference

Action	Outcome
Roll	Add to turn total (if valid) or lose turn total (if bust)
Stop	Bank turn total to permanent score
Target	First to 100+ points triggers final round; highest total wins