Drop Dead (dice game)

Drop Dead is a dice game in which the players try to gain the highest total score. The game was created in New York.^[1]

Drop Dead is played with five dice

Five dice and paper to record players' scores are all that is needed. A player rolls the five dice and if the throw does not include a or , they receive the score of the total numbers added together. That player is also able to roll the dice again. When a player rolls the dice and any of them contain a or , they score no points, and the dice that includes a or is excluded from any future throws that they make. A player's turn does not stop until their last remaining die shows a or . At that point, the player "drops dead" and it becomes the next player's turn.^[2] The highest total score wins.^[1]

The textbook Understanding Probability uses the dice game in a math question about simulation.^[3]