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Or, they may continue to roll the dice to earn more points at the risk of losing the points they have earned in that round if they do not roll a winning combination. A team may ‘pass the dice’ after rolling a winning combination and ‘bank’ their accrued points. Teams earn points by throwing one of five winning combinations of six dice. But first, absorb this very short summary… I promise you, the pure, unadulterated joy this game has brought me and many of my training groups over the years is worth the few extra minutes of reading. So, to help you fully appreciate what you’re about to dive into, I’ll give it to you in two narrative formats – a quick summary and full-blown description (including a sample round.) I love this game, and am very excited to share it with you.Īnd there’s a lot to share.

The last remaining team will continue to play their allocated rounds for as long as they have one life remaining, or they bank more than 100,000 points (in which case they win.)įull disclosure, Farkel is one of my all-time favourite group games.

A round is deemed to be complete when a team chooses to bank their points, or rolls a Farkel Out.

When one team remains (all others have been eliminated because they lost all 12 lives,) this team will be entitled to play one complete round for every 10,000 points, or part thereof, they are short of 100,000 points.

Play continues for many rounds, often lasting an hour or more.

Note, the points belonging to the passing team are not taken away, they are duplicated for the benefit of the receiving team to reward them for taking a risk.

If the purchased dice do not produce a winning combination, the receiving team will Farkel Out, and must pass the dice to the next team.

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If they roll any one of the five winning combinations with any of the dice they purchased, they immediately earn all of the points accumulated by the passing team, plus the value of the dice they just rolled.

If the receiving team chooses to buy, it will cost one life for every dice not used by the passing team to build their score.

When a team has stopped and banked their accumulated points, the next team may choose to start their new round on zero with all six dice, or buy the points (and dice) to belonging to the passing team.

The first team to throw a 6, will start the game with all six dice.

On the occasion a team has set aside all six of the dice, they may start over with all six dice again to continue to build their score.

To continue rolling the dice, a team must put aside all of the dice which formed at least one of the winning combinations.

– They may keep rolling the dice to build a bigger score, but risk a Farkel Out.Once a team banks their points, they can never be lost or taken away. – They may choose to stop rolling, bank their accumulated points, and pass the dice to the next team or

After any roll that produces a winning combination, a team will have two choices:.

Any time a Farkel Out occurs with all six dice, the team to lose all of the accumulated points of the current round, and two lives.

Any roll without one of these five combinations is a ‘Farkel Out,’ and the team will lose all of the accumulated points of the current round, and one life.

– Three of a kind, earns 1,000 points x value of one of the dice, except for three 1s which earns 10,000 points. Any time the dice are thrown, a team aims to roll any one of five combinations:.Announce that the winning team will be the first to have earned 100,000 points and have at least one life remaining.On paper, record the team names and allocate 12 lives (small strokes of pen) to each team.Form 2 to 5 small teams, preferably in pairs.Form 2 to 5 small teams, preferably in pairs.