Dice Bash
The dice board game itself: roll on your phone, race your car up a road-trip board, climb ladders and dodge slides.
Key difference: Coloured tiles open quick mini-games, so a right answer moves you as well as a lucky roll.
A dice board game you play on your TV with your phones
Dice Bash turns the TV into a game board and every phone into a die. Up to six players race cars along a 50-tile road with ladders, slides and mini-game tiles, in about 12–22 minutes. It is free, runs in a web browser, and needs no console, app, account, or box of pieces.
Dice Bash vs. a board in a box
How a TV-and-phones dice game compares with a physical Snakes and Ladders set or a Monopoly-style property game. Physical-game details vary by edition and house rules.
| Feature | Dice Bash on the TV | Physical Snakes and Ladders | Monopoly-style board game |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup time | About two minutes: open the site on the TV and everyone scans the code | Unfold the board, hand out counters, find the die | Sort the money, cards and pieces before the first roll |
| Players | 2–6, one phone each | Varies by set | Varies by edition |
| Pieces to lose | None: the board, cars and dice are on screen | Counters and a die | Tokens, dice, cards, houses and paper money |
| Mini-games | Trivia, survey, triple-question, dare and steal tiles | None; every move is the die | None; play centres on buying and trading property |
| Catching up | Last place rolls two dice and keeps the better one; power cards | Pure luck | Varies with house rules |
| Rules and scoring | The game moves the cars, runs the challenges and names the winner | Players move their own counters | Usually one player acts as the banker |
| Remote play | Yes: devices join over the internet, and phone-party mode puts the board on every phone | Only around one physical board | Only around one physical board |
| Typical length | About 12–22 minutes | Usually short, depending on the rolls | Often an hour or more |
| Price | Free in the browser | Buy a set | Buy a set |
Dice Bash facts come from the GameBash game registry. Physical-game rows describe common editions in general terms; check your own set.
Best GameBash matches for a dice board game night
Quick Bash
The trivia behind Dice Bash’s blue tiles and Bash gate, as a full game of its own.
Key difference: A 60- or 90-second trivia sprint with no board, for up to 20 players.
Crowd Says
The survey answers behind the pink tiles, played as a loud two-team game.
Key difference: Teams, face-offs and steals instead of dice and a board.
Act It Out
The charades prompts behind the orange dare tiles, as a full team game.
Key difference: Two teams act and guess against the clock; there is no board or dice.
Can you play a dice board game on the TV with phones?
Yes. Open playgamebash.com on a TV with a browser, a Fire TV, or a laptop connected to the TV, start a room and choose Dice Bash. Two to six players join from their phones with the room code or QR code, and from then on each phone is that player’s dice and answer pad while the TV shows the board.
Nobody has to read the rules aloud or keep score. The game drives each car tile by tile, opens the mini-game on the tile it lands on, plays out ladders and slides, and announces the winner.
How is it different from Snakes and Ladders or a Monopoly-style night?
Like Snakes and Ladders, it is one road, a die, ladders up and slides down — easy for anyone to follow. Unlike it, luck is only half of the game: blue, pink, purple, orange and yellow tiles open trivia, survey, triple-question, dare and steal mini-games, and a right answer lets you choose to move one or two tiles.
Compared with a long property-trading game, Dice Bash is built to finish in about 12–22 minutes, with no money to count and nothing to tidy away, so it fits between other party games or at the end of a family dinner.
Is it a good 2-player board game online?
Yes. Dice Bash works with just two players, each on their own phone, and a two-player race stays close because the player in last place rolls two dice and keeps the better one. Power cards — Reroll, Shield and Swap — add a little strategy to every turn.
How do you set up a virtual board game night?
Every device joins over the internet with the room code, so players do not need to be on the same Wi-Fi. With a shared screen in the room, the TV shows the board; with no shared screen, phone-party mode shows a compact board on every phone.
- Shared screen: open playgamebash.com on the TV, Fire TV or laptop and start a room
- Players: join from a phone browser with the room code or QR code
- Choose Dice Bash, roll a 1 to leave the parking lot, and race to tile 50
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Dice Bash
Full rules: the parking lot, coloured tiles, power cards and the Bash gate.
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Frequently asked questions
- Is there a free dice board game I can play on my TV?
- Yes. Dice Bash is a free dice board game that runs in a web browser on the TV, with every player’s phone as the controller. There is no purchase, subscription, or paid tier.
- Do I need a console, a board or dice?
- No. The TV shows the board and each phone rolls the dice. All you need is a screen that can open a website and one phone per player.
- How many people can play?
- Two to six players, each on their own phone.
- Can we play with friends who are not in the same room?
- Yes. Every device joins over the internet with the room code, and phone-party mode shows the board on each phone, so nobody has to share a screen.
- Is Dice Bash good for family game night?
- Yes. The rules are as simple as Snakes and Ladders, the mini-games use family-friendly questions and dares, and a game takes about 12–22 minutes.
- What language is it in?
- Dice Bash is available with an English, Spanish, Hindi or Nepali host; pick the language when you create the room.
Play free — pick Dice Bash once your room is created.