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Dice Shift

Dice Shift

  • Description

    Dice Shift is a simple pub-oriented dice game.

    You just need 6 normal D6 dices to play Dice Shift.

    2 Players:

    The first player throws 3 dice. If most of them are odd this player would be the EVEN player, otherwise he would be the ODD player.

    The objective of the ODD player is to get a http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-1.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-1.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-1.gif or a http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-3.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-3.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-3.gif or a http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-5.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-5.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-5.gif

    The objective of the EVEN player is, as you can imagine, to get a http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-2.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-2.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-2.gif or a http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-4.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-4.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-4.gif or a http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-6.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-6.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-6.gif

    The game begins with the player who has thrown the first 3 dice (which form the starting position). At every turn the other 3 dice are thrown and the player has to do from 0 to 3 DiceShifts (as many as he want) which consist in exchange one of the throwed die for another one previously played which has the same punctuation ±1 (understanding that 6+1=1 and 1-1=6).

    For example, if the current position is http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-2.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-5.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-6.gif (the order doesn't matter) and the throwed dice show http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-1.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-3.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-6.gif you can play like this:

    http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-2.gifhttp://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-3.gif » http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-2.gif
    http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-5.gifhttp://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-5.gif
    http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-6.gifhttp://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-6.gif » http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-1.gif » http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-6.gif

    And obtain the final position http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-3.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-5.gif http://geekdo-images.com/images/die-white-6.gif

    If you make 3 DiceShifts in your turn (as in the example above) you have another turn. If you can't (or just don't want) make 3 DiceShifts the next turn is played by your adversary.

    If you reach one of the objectives of your opponent in your turn you have lost. Even if you still can make another DiceShift in this turn.

    Solitaire:

    Just play like both players trying to finish the game as soon as possible (you score 1 negative point for every turn until the end of the game).

    You can find here the original (Spanish) rules.

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  • Details
    Ages: 5 and up
    Category: Dice, Print & Play
    Designer: Carlos Luna Mota
    Mechanics: Dice Rolling
    Publisher: (Web published)
    Time: 10 minutes
    Year: 2009