Am I wrong for rolling the dice when I thought their turn was over?
One player slid the dice across the board with a hand over them. The other thought the turn was done and rolled. Who actually broke the rule? Here's the ruling.
The player who slid the dice
They never let go of the dice or ended their turn, so nothing the other player did counted. Sliding dice across the board is a habit, not a trick, and no one should get a free roll because they misread a hand that was still in motion.
The player who rolled early
From across the table it looked exactly like a finished turn: hand over the dice, dice moving, no roll coming. They reacted to what they actually saw, and the house rule against covering the dice exists precisely so nobody has to guess.
The verdict
Who's at fault
The player who rolled early is more in the wrong here. Neither of them was cheating, and that's the whole problem. The rule about not covering or dragging the dice exists to kill exactly this kind of confusion, and a hand hovering over dice being pushed across the board is the confusing thing the rule was written about. But intent matters too, and there's no sign the slide was a setup rather than a habit. When the ambiguity itself is the culprit and both sides can point to a rule getting bent, you void the roll instead of crowning a winner.
“A rule built to prevent confusion doesn't get to reward the confusion it caused.”
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