It all started when J and Shie snuck over to Sweden to surprise us for Christmas. They brought along a dice game called Farkel. It is really easy to get the hang of, but very addicting. It followed us everywhere we went on our last trip to the USA…
Since my family loves to play games, we played lots of it! It kind of replaced poker as our preferred game at 2:00 AM. If you have no idea what I am talking about here are the rules.
OK…now that everyone knows the rules. Here are a few “optional rules” that I found.
More point values:
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Four of a kind- 1000 pts
- Five of a kind- 2000 pts
- Six of a kind- 3000pts (I actually did this once!)
“Running” With Prior Points: A player may choose to roll the remaining dice from the previous player’s scoring turn (i.e. only if they didn’t farkel) rather than roll all six dice to “run” with that player’s score on that turn. For example, if the previous player scored 1000 points on four dice and had two remaining dice, the next player may roll those two remaining dice and add 1000 to any points they roll. In this way a bold player may score off of a timid player’s lack of bravery.
OK! So good luck! By the way…what is the highest point value you have rolled in one turn?
Mir said,
March 9, 2007 at 2:24 pm
I think my highest score within one turn was about hmmm…. 3 200 or something like that?
Amanda said,
March 9, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Too bad we didn’t know about this game to play at FirstCity on those long nights.. At least there was Sudoku!
sam said,
March 10, 2007 at 3:24 am
MAN! we had Yatzee too…all we would have needed is one more die!
Shie said,
March 10, 2007 at 9:13 am
Yup…this is VERY addicting. We too take it with us everywhere. I am pretty sure I have rolled close to 3000. One of our friends Mark rolled around 3800 in one turn. The game gets exciting when everyone takes risks and you would be surprised how quickly tables can turn.