How to play

If you played it as a kid, you already know it. If not, you will in one round: everyone throws fingers at the same time, you count round the circle, and the count picks the winner.

The five names

Each hand has a code name and a value.

Hand	Name	Fingers
	Desto	1
	Finger	2
	Cow	3
	Cowter	4
	Ollie	5

A round

1. Pick your names. Each player claims a code name. With two players you take two each, so one name is left over; with three to five players you take one each.
2. Throw. Everyone throws one to five fingers at the same moment. Throws stay secret until everyone has thrown.
3. Count round. Add up all the fingers and count round the names in order, starting at Desto: Desto, Finger, Cow, Cowter, Ollie, then Desto again.
4. Score. Whoever holds the name the count lands on gets a point. If nobody holds it, nobody scores and you throw again.

The first player to 5 points wins the game.

Counting, with examples

• 1 + 2 = 3 lands on Cow.
• 2 + 4 = 6 goes once round and back to Desto.
• 3 + 4 = 7 goes once round and on to Finger.
• 5 + 5 = 10 lands on Ollie.

Playing with friends

Make a room and share its code, link or QR. A room holds 2 to 30 people. Up to five play a single game; six or more play a knockout tournament: games of up to five, and each game's winner moves on to the next round until one is left.

Pick your name when it's your turn, and throw before your time runs out. Miss three turns and you're out of that game.

Where to play

• Telegram: open @DestoeFingerBot to practise against the bot, type @DestoeFingerBot in any chat to open a room with friends, or add the bot to a group and use /play. /top shows the group's leaderboard.
• In your browser: play.destofinger.com, on any phone or computer.
• The app: for Android onGoogle Play (coming soon)and iPhone onthe App Store (coming soon).