PiratesDice

Three columns. Nine dice. One board to fill before your rival does.

The Pirate's Dice is a fast duel of dice and denial. Roll your die, drop it into one of your three columns — and watch it blow every enemy die of the same value out of the facing column. Building a stack is good. Taking your rival's stack apart is better.

HOW IT PLAYS • A column scores value x count, squared: three 4s are worth 36, not 12. • Drop a die and every enemy die of that value in the same column is destroyed. • The match ends the moment one board is full. Highest total wins. • Matches last two or three minutes. One hand, one thumb, no tutorial needed.

FIVE CAPTAINS, FIVE WAYS TO PLAY Pick a captain on the deck and you pick a style. Mary Read gets a free reroll every match. Blackbeard freezes his rival's next turn. Ching Shih sees the die her opponent will roll next. Grace O'Malley's columns of three are worth fifteen percent more. Calico Jack starts with a die already on the board.

PLAY YOUR WAY • Duel the ship's AI — it buys its own bonuses and fires them at you. • Open a private table, hand the five-letter code to a friend, and play them. • Or take the queue and meet whoever is aboard. • Bonuses from the chandler: reroll your die, clear one of your own, blast an enemy one, freeze a turn. Three per match, no more. • An Elo ladder for player-versus-player matches.

NO ACCOUNT TO CREATE Sign in happens on its own with your Apple account. No form, no password, no email to confirm. Your captain's name and your record follow you.

SHAKE TO ROLL Shake the phone and the die rolls. Nothing to switch on.

FOUR LANGUAGES English, French, Spanish and Arabic — including right-to-left layout.

No ads between turns. No energy bar. No timer pushing you to pay.

The coins in this game are a score you earn by winning and spend on dice and bonuses. They cannot be bought, sold, or exchanged for money or anything of value. There is no wagering, no gambling of any kind, and no purchases at all.