How to Play Beat That Dice Game

Beat That is an easy dice game for all ages of players and takes only minutes. This is a very versatile game with many variations of play. It makes a great, fast game that players of all ages can participate in and it makes great math practice too (but we don’t have to tell the kids).

In this post will tell you how to play, how to make it more challenging and all the ways to play.

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Beat That Supplies

To play Beat That, you will need three dice. It’s best if each player has their own three dice.

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Playing Beat That Dice Game

First, decide who will go first. Then that player rolls all three dice and adds the roll together. He then announces the score and adds “beat that.”

Next, the second player rolls her three dice and adds them together. If she has a higher score than the first player, then she wins. On the other hand, if her score is less then the first player wins.

The player with the highest score earns a point and gets to go first in the second round.

Winning Beat That

The player who is the first to get 10 points is the winner.

Variations for Beat That Dice Game

More or Less Dice

To make the game easier for kids who are just starting to add you can play with just two dice. Or if they are working on number recognition, then one dice can work.

If you wanted to make it harder, you could add more dice.

20 Sides

To make it more interesting, and more addition practice, you could play with a 20 sided dice. If you don’t have more than one 20 sided, keep track of rolls on a paper.

More Math

To mix things up you could multiply the numbers together.

Or you could do a mix of operations. First, add two of the dice together then subtract the last dice from the sum. Or add two dice and then multiply the sum with the third dice.

Place Value

For this variation of Beat That, you will need a paper and pencil. First, make three squares side by side on the paper–one for the hundreds, one for tens and ones. Next, the first player rolls one dice. He then has to decide in which square to place the first roll. Next, he rolls the second dice. Again, he has to decide where to place it in the remaining two squares. The third roll goes in the empty box. The player then announces the number and says “Beat That.”

Now, it is the second player’s turn to do the same and see if she can get a higher number.

Don’t Beat That

This fun variation plays the same way with a twist. The second player is trying not to beat the score, therefore rolling a lesser umber. it works with all the other variations too.

Beat That if you Can

Beat That is a very versatile game. We like the Place Value variation the best as it has an element of risk to it. There is no better game for early math practice that is fun too. And what kid doesn’t love to challenge with the words “Beat That”–especially when they stand a good chance of winning the challenge?  Math practice and family bonding, you can’t Beat That, now can you?

If you’re looking for some more dice game for family game night try Tug of War Dice, Slam and Shut the Box. For even more dice fun, be sure to read our other dice games for more fun.
And don’t forget our card games and reviews too.