Biscuit (game)

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Biscuit
Snake eyes dice.jpg
When a pair of Tabler-icons dice-1.svg 's is rolled, all players must drink
GenresDrinking
Players3+
Playing timeBased on # of players and random chance

Biscuit (also referred to as Bizkit or Biskit) is a drinking game played with two dice.

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Rules

Each player rolls the dice one time. The first person to roll 7 becomes "The Biscuit". That player then rolls the dice, with the following results:

Tabler-icons dice-1.svg Tabler-icons dice-1.svg
Everyone take a drink.
Tabler-icons dice-6.svg Tabler-icons dice-6.svg
Roller has to invent a rule which will be applied for the rest of the game. Breaking this rule requires a penalty drink to be taken.
Tabler-icons dice-2.svg Tabler-icons dice-2.svg , Tabler-icons dice-3.svg Tabler-icons dice-3.svg , Tabler-icons dice-4.svg Tabler-icons dice-4.svg , Tabler-icons dice-5.svg Tabler-icons dice-5.svg (doubles)
Roller gives drinks to one or several players equal to the number on one of the dice rolled.
Tabler-icons dice-1.svg Tabler-icons dice-2.svg (total of 3)
Called a "challenge". Roller chooses a player, that player must roll the dice. Add the result of each dice. The first roller has to make a higher result. If the first roller wins, the chosen player has to drink the difference between the two results. If the first roller failed, he has to drink the difference.
Tabler-icons dice-1.svg Tabler-icons dice-6.svg , Tabler-icons dice-2.svg Tabler-icons dice-5.svg , Tabler-icons dice-3.svg Tabler-icons dice-4.svg (total of 7)
All players put a thumb on their forehead and say "Biscuit". Last player to do so drinks and becomes the new "Biscuit".
Tabler-icons dice-3.svg Tabler-icons dice-6.svg , Tabler-icons dice-4.svg Tabler-icons dice-5.svg (total of 9)
Person to the right of the roller drinks.
Tabler-icons dice-4.svg Tabler-icons dice-6.svg (total of 10)
The roller drinks.
Tabler-icons dice-5.svg Tabler-icons dice-6.svg (total of 11)
Person to the left of the roller drinks.
The number 3
Whenever Tabler-icons dice-3.svg appears on the dice, the "Biscuit" player has to take a drink. (If the dice show Tabler-icons dice-3.svg Tabler-icons dice-3.svg , the player takes two drinks.) Having done so, they cease to be the Biscuit, and the game will have no Biscuit until 7 is rolled (or another rule nominates a Biscuit).

Having rolled, dice are then passed to the next player clockwise around the table.

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