Stuck in the Mud Dice Game - Family Game Shelf (2024)

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Today, I want to share one of our latest favorite dice games: Stuck in the Mud. Here at Family Game Shelf, we love sharing with you great dice games; some of our favorites include Ohio, Mafia, and Tenzi (perfect for getting and storing a large amount of dice. As well as playing dice games, we also love creating dice games for you too like Hockey dice, Ants to co-op dice game and Whacky Putt the indoor mini golf game.

What you Need

First, you will need five dice. Second, you will need something to keep score with.

How to Play Stuck in the Mud Dice Game

First, we need to say that Stuck in the Mud is one of those dice games that sounds complicated at first but is really simple once you play a round.

To start, one player rolls all 5 dice. When a 2 or a 5 are rolled these are stuck in the mud and are set aside. The score for the roll is zero. The rest of the dice are rolled again. If there are no 2s or 5s all dice are added up. Then all those dice are rolled again. On the other hand, if there are any 2s or 5s rolled, those dice are set aside and the score remains at zero.

Play continues until all dice show either a 2 or 5. Dice rolls with no 2s or 5s are scored and added to that player’s turn score. When all the dice are stuck in the mud, then that player’s score for that turn is added to his overall score.

A Sample Game

This might sound complicated, but it’s actually simple. Hereis a sample play to show you:

Player One:

Roll One: 2, 3, 5, 6, 1 score 0 the 2 & 5 are suck in the mud

RollTwo: 1, 4, 1 score: 6

RollThree: 2, 4, 6 score: 6 the 2is stuck in the mud

RollFour: 1, 3 score: 6 + 4 = 10

RollFive: 2, 5 score:10 turn is over

Player Two:

Here’s another example game:

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Roll one:
the five is stuck in the mud. The others are rolled again.
Score: 0

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Roll two: all dice score.
Score: 14

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Roll three: the five is stuck in the mud.
Score: 14

Winning Stuck in the Mud

The first player to reach 500 points is the winner!

It’s All Fun and Games until all the Dice are Stuck in the Mud

Stuck in the Mud is a fun and easy to play game that players of all ages will enjoy. If we have less time, we choose a smaller winning point level like 100 or 300. You can also pick a number of rounds to play and the player with the highest score is the winner.

To make the game even more fun, we like to play with coloured dice. You can get yours here and Canadians can shop for dice here.

For even more family fun, dowload our FREE Quick Play Refernce book for dice games in our reference library! This booklet is handy to have on hand as a reference to our favorite dice games.

Rating:

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Julia

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Carrie-Anne

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Pros: fast, easy
Cons: need 5 dice, can be long in between turns if you have a lot of players
Mom: counting, addition, probability

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