The Game that Karin's Grandfather made
This is a game for 2-8 players using 10 dice. The first person to score
10,000 points wins.
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Rules
Take turns, with each person throwing the dice as many times as they
want before play passes to the next person.
Add your score as you go, but if you don't score any points on a throw,
your turn ends and
you lose all the points from that turn. When you stop, you get to keep
all the points you got on your turn.
Example 1: You score 300 points on the
first throw, 50 points on the second, and 1000 points on the third. You
stop and keep 1350 points this turn.
Example 2: You score 600 points on the
first throw and zero on the second. You don't get to keep any points
this turn.
When you throw the dice you must throw all non-scoring dice and you may
not re-throw any scoring dice. You keep all dice that scored on
preceding
throws that turn.
You can choose to throw again or not, but you don't get to choose
which dice to throw.
If you score on all 10 dice you may keep the points and take another
turn. This is called "going around the horn".
Scoring
Three ones (aces) score 1000 points
Three twos score 200 points
Three threes score 300 points
Three fours score 400 points
Three fives score 500 points
Three sixes score 600 points
Single fives (not part of a triplet) score 50 points
Single fives from separate throws may not be combined into a triplet
The game ends immediately when someone's score reaches or exceeds
10,000 points. That player wins.
Play examples
Example 1
(scoring)
1st
throw: 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 6
Scoring dice:
222 (200 pts)
5 (50 pts) 5 (50 pts)
Non-scoring:
1 1 3 3 6
Player opts
to roll again
2nd
throw: 1 4 6 6 6
Scoring dice:
222 (200 pts)
5 (50 pts) 5 (50 pts)
666 (600 pts)
Non-scoring:
1 4
Player stops:
900 points scored this turn
Example 2
(wimping)
1st
throw: 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 6
Scoring dice:
111 (1000 pts)
444 (400 pts)
Player opts
to roll again
2nd
throw: 1 1 4 6 (no points thrown)
Turn ends, no
points scored this turn
Example 3
(fives from separate throws)
1st
throw: 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 6
Scoring dice:
222 (200 pts)
5 (50 pts) 5 (50 pts)
Non-scoring:
1 1 3 3 6
Player opts
to roll again
2nd
throw: 1 4 5 6 6
Scoring dice:
222 (200 pts)
5 (50 pts) 5 (50 pts) 5 (50 pts)
Non-scoring:
1 4 6 6
Player opts
to roll again
3rd
throw: 3 5 5 5
Scoring dice:
222 (200 pts)
5 (50 pts) 5 (50 pts) 5 (50 pts)
555 (500 pts)
Non-scoring:
3
Player stops:
850 points scored this turn
Example 4
(going around the horn)
1st
throw: 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 6 6
Scoring dice:
111 (1000 pts)
333 (300 pts)
Non-scoring:
2 2 6 6
Player opts
to roll again
2nd
throw: 4 4 4 5
Scoring dice:
111 (1000 pts)
333 (300 pts)
444 (400 pts)
5 (50 pts)
Non-scoring:
none
Player goes
around the horn: 1750 points scored and take another turn