How to Play the Dice Bandit Game

We have an easy dice game for you today: Dice Bandit.

Dice Bandit is a two player game that players of all ages can play. We do have a multi-player variation too. Another name for this game is Dice Wars. It’s a very simple game but will keep you coming back for more like Tug of War dice, Garbage Dice, and 50 Up.

In this post we’ll cover how to play, the rules, how to win and how to play with more players. Let’s get into it.

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What Do I Need for Dice Bandit?

You will need three dice for each player. We love to play with dice of our favorite colours. If you need more dice you you can shop dice here. Canadians here. 

How Do I Play Dice Bandit?

To start, each player will roll one dice to see who will roll first. The high roll gets to start.

Player one will roll all three of their dice. Now, player two will roll of their dice. Player two can now steal any of player one’s dice that have the same number that they rolled. Only one dice per number. For example, if player two has rolled two 5s and player two has one 5, they can only steal one dice. If player two had also rolled two 5s then they could steal both dice that show 5.

Once the dice have been stolen, it is now player two’s turn to roll all of the dice that they have. After they have rolled, player one rolls all of their remaining dice. They can now steal any of player two’s dice that matches their dice.

Once that has turn has been taken, player one will again roll all of their dice. Player two will now roll and steal.

Turns keep going until one player has all of the dice.

How Do I Win Dice Bandit?

When you have all the dice, you win!

How Do I Play with Three Players?

To play with three players, each player will need three of their own dice. Player 1 will roll and player 2 will roll and steal from player 1. Now player 2 will roll of their dice and Player 3 will roll and steal from player 2. Player 3 will roll of their dice and Player 1 will roll and steal from Player 3. The turns stay like this until you loose all of your dice. You are now out of the game. The other two players continue until one wins all the dice and wins the game.

To play with even more players, you would play in a circle like you do with three players. You might be interested in the Mafia Dice game that has a similar feel to it but was designed with lots of players in mind.

Steal all the Fun

The Dice Bandit game is a fast and easy one. Players of all ages will love how simple it is and you can go from just about loosing to winning in a single roll. Make it a tournament or keep it as a waiting game or when you have a minute in between bigger games. Get the printable rules here.

For more two player games check out:

Tug of War dice game, Up Down Safe, and Knucklebones.

For more dice games check out

Risk It – the game of easy come, easy go.
Chicken Pox – a game of scoop them before someone else does.
Grumpy Dice – will it be pretty or ugly? Up to you!