Plus and Minus Dice Game Rules

Plus and Minus is played with five dice, a sheet of paper and something to write with. The game works for two to six players. Draw a column for each player on the sheet, and you are ready to start.

On your turn you roll four times, with fewer dice left for each roll:

1. First roll: roll all five dice. Pick two of them and set them aside. Their sum is your starting score.
2. Second roll: roll the remaining three dice. Set one aside and subtract its value from your score.
3. Third roll: roll the last two dice. Set one aside and add its value.
4. Fourth roll: roll the final die and subtract its value.

The number you end up with is your score for the round. Write it down and pass the dice on.

Say the first roll shows 6, 5, 4, 2 and 1. You keep the 6 and the 5 and start on 11. The second roll gives 5, 3 and 2, and you set aside the 2: 11 minus 2 is 9. The third roll gives 6 and 4, and you keep the 6: 9 plus 6 is 15. The last die shows 3, and 15 minus 3 leaves 12 points for the round.

The strategy takes care of itself: keep high dice when adding and low dice when subtracting.

Play five rounds. After the last one, each player adds up their scores from all their rounds, and the highest total wins the game.