Piñata Dice Game - Family Game Shelf

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The dice game Piñata Dice Race is so fun it’s a party all on it’s own. It’s also just one of the dice games that we created just for you. (If you’re curious about the others see Monkey Dice, Whacky Putt dice mini golf and Volcano to start.)

In this game, you are racing to be the first player to fill your piñata with all the best candy for the Cenquo de Mayo celebrations but be careful, the party dice are waiting to distract you!

What You Need for Piñata Dice Race

You will need five standard dice and a score sheet.

How to Play Piñata Dice Race

To start, the first player rolls all five dice. Any 5s are party dice and need to be set aside and do not score. All other dice count as one point. If a player gets three 5s, the score is zero and play moves on to the next player.

Piñata Dice Race game player with a roll of 2, 6, 1, 2, 5 — This player has a score of 4 with one dice set aside

Now, a player can choose to stop and take the points or she can choose to reroll all dice that are still in play. Again, all dice that are not 5s count as a point. However, all new 5s are set aside and if there are three or more 5s that player will score nothing for the round.

Piñata Dice Race game roll of 2, 3, 1, 3 — The player’s second roll is worth 4 more points to add up to 8 points

Rolling Triples.

When you roll three of a kind (other than 5s), then the you score an extra point.

Piñata Dice Race roll of 3, 3, 3, 5 — The players third roll is worth 4 points and adds up to 11 points

When a player either rolls three or more 5s or chooses to take her score, play then moves to the player on her left. Now, this player gets to roll all five dice and play as before.

Piñata Dice Race roll of 5, 4, 2 — The fourth roll makes it threes 5s and the score for the round is now zero

Example Game

Player 1

On her first roll she gets 1 – 3 – 3- 5 -6 the 5 is set aside and the score is 4, she choose to roll again. Now, her second roll is 1 – 3 – 3 -5 the 5 is set aside and the 3 points are added to the 4 for a score of 7. She decides to score. Her turn is over.

Player 2

On his first roll he gets 2 -2 -2 -5 -5. The two 5s are set aside. Because he rolls a triple his score is now 4. Now, he rolls again and gets 3 -4 – 6 and adds 3 points to make 7. Again he rolls and this time gets 3 -3 -5. He has partied too much and now has a score of 0.

Player 1

This time, on her first roll she gets 2 -2 – 4 – 5 -6, her score is 4 with one die set aside. Roll two is 2 -4 -5 -6. Her score is now 7. She decides to score and her total score is now 14.

Player 2

This time, on his first roll he gets 1 – 3 – 4 – 5 -6, his score is 4 with one die set aside. Roll two is 3 -3 – 3 – 4, he scores an extra point for the triple and his score is now 9. His third roll is 1 – 3 -4 -4 for a score of 13. He rolls again and gets 1 -3 – 5 – 6. His score is now 16 and he decides to take the score. His total score for both rounds is 16.

Winning Piñata Dice Race

The first player to get 50 candy dice points is the winner. If you’d like to play a longer Piñata Dice Race game, then play to 100 points.

If you’re in a fiesta mood and want to play some more Mexican inspired games, check out Mexico dice game, the card game Conquian and the get to know you game Let’s Taco Bout It. Be sure to check out all of games in our Family Game Shelf Shop to make any occasion a fiesta of fun too.

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