Twice as Clever! FAQ
49 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Gameplay
- If you take the silver die on an early roll, do the higher dice stay in your roll?
- After the active player's third roll, do all leftover dice go to the Silver Platter?
- As the active player, can you skip taking a die from a roll?
- When can a passive player take one of the active player's dice?
- In a two-player game, does the starting player switch each round?
- How many rounds are played with two, three or four players?
- Is there a bonus for taking dice that show the same number?
The Score Sheet
- When you take the silver die, what can you mark in the silver area?
- Taking the silver die on the third roll, can you also mark the higher dice that go onto the platter?
- Can the silver die mark dice that were already on the Silver Platter from an earlier roll?
- As a passive player who takes the silver die, which other dice can you mark?
- If you take the white die as the silver die, can you still mark the lower dice that go onto the platter?
- Can you take the silver die when a lower die it would move is already crossed off?
- Can one action mark more than one 6 in the silver area?
- How are the silver area points scored at the end of the game?
- In the yellow area, is the first pick of a number a circle and the second a cross?
- How many points do the yellow stars score?
- In the blue area, must each new number be the same as or lower than the one before?
- Can a blue entry use just one die, or the white die entered as a blue number on its own?
- Is the silver (grey) die a wild die like the white die?
- In the silver area, must a die that goes to the platter be marked in its own colour?
- Can you write a number lower than a pink bonus requires into a pink box?
- Can the green area score negative points?
- If two sections tie for lowest, do the foxes count the lowest score once or twice?
- If you leave one section blank, are the foxes worth zero?
Bonuses
- Does a yellow row or column bonus still trigger if one of its numbers is crossed rather than only circled?
- If you earn a green ? bonus, does the green multiplier apply to the number you write?
- Can you choose the colour of a coloured ? bonus, or only its number?
- For the round 4 black ? bonus, what number can you write if you choose blue?
- If a bonus cannot be placed because its track is full, is the bonus lost?
- Do you get the bonus at the end of an action track just by reaching it, without spending the actions?
- Can one mark trigger two bonuses that both need a choice, such as a yellow 5 that completes two lines?
Actions
- Can you reroll only some of the dice you just rolled?
- Can you use a reroll, +1 or return action right after you unlock it, or must you save it?
- Can you use a return action after the dice have already been rolled that turn, including after a reroll?
- Can you use a return action when you have no dice left in hand?
- Can you return several dice from the platter before one roll?
- Can a return action bring back any die on the platter, including dice from earlier rolls this turn?
- When can the extra die (+1) action be used: only at the end of a round, or at the end of each turn?
- Which dice can a +1 action select, and can the same die be used more than once?
- Can you use several +1 bonuses on the silver die in the same turn?
- If you use a +1 on the silver die, do you still mark the lower dice it moves to the platter?
- If you take the silver die and then return a platter die, can you still mark that returned die in the silver area?
Solo Game
Doppelt so Clever: Challenge IExpansion
- In Doppelt so Clever: Challenge I, can you fill the empty leftmost grey column with any number without first rolling a matching grey die?
- In Challenge I's green section, can you enter the second item of a pair before the first?
- In Challenge I, how do you fill the white box at the start of each grey line?