High Dice

Objective

The objective of “High Dice” is to score more points than your opponent by knocking dice out of the playing area and strategically choosing which faces to keep or gamble on.

Setup:

Dice Faces and Point Values:

1. Build: 1 point
2. KUGO logo: 3 points
3. Diamond: 5 points
4. Plus: Doubles the next points attained (players can only hold one at a time)
5. Skull: Removes the last points received
6. Heart: Shields you from a “skull” face (players can only hold one at a time)

Stack 16 dice in layers of 4 to create the playing tower. Add two pucks at opposite edges

How to play:

1. Start by flicking the puck to determine who starts the game.
2. Players take turns attempting to knock down the tower so that the dice fall within the playing area. Any dice that fall off are rolled back onto the playing area.
3. On each player’s turn, they must use their puck to try and knock a dice out of the playing area.
4. Once a dice is knocked out, the player can choose to keep the face it lands on or gamble by rolling the dice once.
5. If a player chooses to roll the dice:
   • If the dice lands on a face with points, the player must keep that face.
   • If the dice lands on a plus face and the player does not already have one, they can keep it to double the next points attained.
   • If the dice lands on a plus face and the player already has one, the dice is rolled back onto the playing area.
   • If the dice lands on a skull face, the last points received are removed.
   • If the dice lands on a heart face and the player already has a heart, the dice is rolled back onto the playing area.
   • If the dice lands on a skull face and the player has no points, the dice is rolled back onto the playing area.
   • If the dice lands on a heart face and the player has no heart, the heart is kept, shielding the player from a future skull face.
6. Players can only hold one heart at a time.
7. If a player successfully knocks a dice out of the playing area and they have not yet rolled the dice, they get to continue their turn.
8. Place your points in a line to determine which was the last points attained.

Winning

When all the dice have been knocked out of the playing area, the game is over. The player with the highest total points at the end of the game is declared the winner.

Tips:

• Strategically choose when to gamble and when to play it safe.
• Use hearts wisely to protect yourself from skull faces.