# Pig (the dice game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 29, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711 "2020-06-29T22:38:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/21 "2020-06-29T22:45:50Z")
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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/22 "2020-06-29T22:46:27Z")
Score 15 HOLD ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/23 "2020-06-29T22:47:32Z")
How long until we can roll again? ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/24 "2020-06-29T22:49:27Z")
That’s a good point! There’s nothing to stop me just jumping in now but that seems unfair to anyone else who wants to play. Maybe we should have decided who was participating first. I’ll wait a bit to see if anyone else wants to play. This was never going to go smoothly… ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/25 "2020-06-29T22:51:35Z")
Maybe after X many different people get a turn, then you can jump in again? Say 5? Or maybe 3? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/26 "2020-06-29T22:54:17Z")
Or maybe you get one turn an hour? Or however long… ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/27 "2020-06-29T22:55:16Z")
I’ll take my turn at quarter past regardless of the number of participants. If that makes it a two player game for now so be it… hopefully one or two others with have joined in by then. It hopefully shouldn’t take too long (I plan to win). Then we can have another round if there’s a will. There are plenty of variants here, and it’s frequently played with two players… > **[Pig (dice game)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_(dice_game))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Pig is a simple dice game first described in print in John Scarne in 1945. Players take turns to roll a single die as many times as they wish, adding all roll results to a running total, but losing their gained score for the turn if they roll a 1. > As with many games of folk origin, Pig is played with many rule variations, including the use of two dice instead of one. Commercial variants of two-dice Pig include Pass the Pigs, Pig Dice, and Skunk. Pi... ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/28 "2020-06-29T23:02:21Z")
Sounds good. Let’s keep track of how many turns we’ve had so if someone else jumps in we can give them multiple turns in a row to catch up. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/29 "2020-06-29T23:17:39Z")
Okay Discobot you POS. Let’s dance. Round, 2. Score: 18 @discobot roll 1d6 ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/30 "2020-06-29T23:17:42Z")
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**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/31 "2020-06-29T23:18:06Z")
Score 18 + 4 = 22 @discobot roll 1d6 ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/32 "2020-06-29T23:18:09Z")
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**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/33 "2020-06-29T23:18:48Z")
Score 18 + 10 = 28 @discobot roll 1d6 ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/34 "2020-06-29T23:18:50Z")
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**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/35 "2020-06-29T23:19:16Z")
Haha! 18 + 16 = 34 @discobot roll 1d6 ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/36 "2020-06-29T23:19:20Z")
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**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/37 "2020-06-29T23:20:02Z")
Hmm, okay… Score 18 + 18 = 36 @discobot roll 1d6 ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/38 "2020-06-29T23:20:04Z")
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**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/39 "2020-06-29T23:22:02Z")
Score 18 + 22 = 40 HOLD FYI: Edited post 35 because of my bad maths! I don’t think it lets you edit the die roll - I was not cheating! ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711/40 "2020-06-29T23:23:17Z")
Okeedokee, here we go round 2! Score 15 @discobot roll 1d6 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-the-dice-game/913711.md?page=3)