Two-Circuit Holiday Dice Gift Exchange

How To Play Two-Circuit Holiday Dice Gift Exchange

Creator disclosure: This is Beacon & Barrel’s house version, prepared with AI assistance.

Use this as a separate gift-exchange game; do not combine it with White Elephant gift freezing. Agree a gift budget and expectations before the gathering, and make participation optional.

1. Collect one wrapped gift per participant in a central pile. Each person starts with one gift and sits in a circle.
2. Announce two complete circuits of the die so that each participant gets exactly two rolls.
3. On each roll, apply the matching action below, then pass the die to the next participant.

1 — Keep your gift; pass the die.
2 — Swap your gift with the person on your left.
3 — Swap your gift with the person on your right.
4 — Swap with any one other willing participant; if nobody wants to swap, keep.
5 — Everyone passes their gift one seat to the left at the same time.
6 — Everyone passes their gift one seat to the right at the same time.

4. Everyone unwraps their gift after the first complete circuit.
5. After the second complete circuit, everyone keeps the gift they hold. Every action preserves one gift per participant.

A helper may pass the die, or the group may agree to use an accessible digital die. Time and total cost depend on group size and the gift budget.

The source guide includes the complete free four-page printable host pack, with this dice chart, a separate White Elephant ruleset and tally, a left/right story and invitation wording. No email, account or purchase is required to download it.

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Beacon & Barrel
on 12 November 2026
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