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A Farkle game in progress; a pair of three threes has been set aside, earning 300 points. Farkle, or Farkel, is a family dice game with varying rules. Alternate names and similar games include Dix Mille, Ten Thousand, Cosmic Wimpout, Chicago, Greed, Hot Dice, Volle Lotte, Squelch, Zilch, and Zonk.
Once a player reaches 2,500 points (2,000 points in some versions), all 13 dice are used; all words must now contain at least four letters. A player with at least 2,500 points is considered vulnerable; at least 500 points must be scored in a turn, or 500 points are deducted from their score. The first player to reach 5,000 points is the winner.
500 or Five Hundred is a trick-taking game developed in the United States from Euchre. [1] Euchre was extended to a 10 card game with bidding and a Misère contract similar to Russian Preference, producing a cutthroat three-player game like Preference [2] and a four-player game played in partnerships like Whist which is the most popular modern form, although with special packs it can be played ...
Cosmic Wimpout is a dice game produced by C3, Inc in 1976. [1] It is similar to 1000/5000/10000, Farkle, Greed, Hot Dice, [2] Squelch, [3] Zilch, [4] to name but a few. The game is played with five custom dice, and may use a combination score board and rolling surface, in the form of a piece of cloth or felt available in various colors and designs.
Shut the box is a traditional game, and there are many local and traditional variations in the rules. In addition, due to the game's growing popularity, many variations of the game have developed in recent years. Popular variants are: Golf – A player's score is the sum of the numbers remaining uncovered at the end of their turn. The player ...
Five of a Kind: Five dice with the same number. Score: Sum of those five dice. Full Straight: The combination . Score: 21 points (sum of all the dice) or 30 points in some variations. Castle (Villa): Two sets of three dice showing the same number. Score: Sum of all the dice. Tower: A set of four combined with a set of two. Score: Sum of all the ...
Patterned after the success of collectible card games, a number of collectible dice games have been published. [1] Although most of these collectible dice games are long out-of-print, there is still a small following for many of them. Some collectible dice games include: Battle Dice; Dice Masters; Diceland; Dragon Dice
Yacht [1] is a public domain dice game, similar to the Latin American game Generala, the English game of Poker Dice, the Scandinavian Yatzy, and Cheerio. [2] Yacht dates back to at least 1938, and is a contemporary of the similar three-dice game Crag. [1] Yahtzee is a later development, similar to Yacht in both name and content.