Mexico (Mexen)

Mexico is a dice game with two dice. You try not to have the lowest roll of the round. And of course everyone hopes for a Mexico. In the Netherlands the game is called Mexen.

What is Mexico?

Type

Dice game

Players

2 to 8

Duration

5-25 minutes

What you need

2 diceDrinks

How to play

Every player takes turns rolling two dice.
Read the roll as a number with the highest die first. So a 5 and a 3 is 53.
The first player can roll up to 3 times.
Everyone after that can roll as many times as the first player.
The highest roll wins the round.
The lowest roll loses the round.
Mexico is 21 and it's the highest roll.

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When do you drink?

The player with the lowest roll drinks.
When someone rolls a Mexico the penalty doubles.
Roll a die off the table? Then you have to drink.
Is it a tie? Then the lowest players roll again against each other.

Extra rules

Use this order: 21, then doubles from 66 to 11, then normal rolls from 65 down to 31.
You can play with "taking it". That means you accept the penalty before anyone can roll a Mexico.
Make clear beforehand how many sips the penalty is.
Playing with international rules? Then 31 often means everyone drinks and 32 reverses the order.

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