Chicago rules & how to play

Objective and setup

Play with 2–6 seats. Other seats are CPU opponents. Choose player count, individual CPU difficulty and rules before starting.

Reading the scores

A 1 scores 100, a 6 scores 60; other faces score their face. The hand 1,4,2 is 106; keeping the 1 and rolling 6,3 makes 163. The minimum is 6 from 2,2,2; the maximum is 300 from 1,1,1. The hand 4,5,6 is only 69.

Holds and roll limits

Roll all three dice first. Then keep or release dice and reroll the rest. Holding all three means keeping the score, not making an empty roll. The leader’s used roll count becomes everyone’s limit. A follower stopping early does not reduce the next player’s limit.

Losses for lowest scores

After all turns, every player tied for the lowest score takes one loss. Fewer rolls do not avoid a tied-lowest loss. Scores are compared within each round; they are not accumulated to decide the match.

Next leader and match end

The highest scorer leads next. Ties use fewer rolls, then earlier turn order. Three losses eliminate a player by default. The last survivor wins; simultaneous elimination of everyone is a draw.

Available settings

Choose 2–6 players, a maximum of 1, 2 or 3 rolls, and elimination after 2, 3 or 5 losses. Face scores stay fixed. The optional rule converting two sixes into a one is not used.

Example & practice

Practise Chicago by playing

Open Choose a game → game details → Learn by playing. Tutorial progress is saved separately from regular matches and statistics.

Practise choosing which dice to keep and when to stop, then compete against CPU opponents.