About Meyer
Meyer is an old Danish and German dice game that’s all about lying with a poker face. Two dice sit under a cup. You shake, peek in secret and say what you rolled. It just has to be higher than what the previous player said. The next player can believe you and shake again, or lift the cup to see whether you told the truth.
The highest roll is Meyer, a two and a one. Next comes Little Meyer with a three and a one, then the pairs from double six down to double one, and finally the ordinary numbers from 65 down to 32, where the higher die is always read first. Anyone caught lying, or who lifts the cup on a true roll, loses a life.
On one iPad the screen is the cup: hold the button to peek, choose your number from the list and pass the iPad on. With TV + phones, each phone is your own cup, and the TV shows the table, the lives and the big reveal when the cup is lifted.
How to play
- Choose the number of players, the number of lives and whether Meyer costs double.
- Shake the cup, hold the button to peek and pick a number that beats the last one. Bluffing is allowed.
- The next player decides: believe it and shake again, or lift the cup.
- If the dice are lower than what was called, the caller loses a life. Otherwise the player who lifted loses one. The last player with lives left wins.