Pass the Dice

Pass the Dice is Farkle — the game you might know as 10,000, Zilch or Greed — for the people you already play it with. Roll five dice. Keep what scores, roll the rest. Push your luck and the turn grows; push it once too far and the whole thing is gone. First to exactly 10,000 wins. PLAYED THE WAY IT IS AT A KITCHEN TABLE A bust costs you points, they go on the table's score, and the winner takes the lot. The host sets what a bust costs before anyone rolls — anything from nothing to 500. KEEP SCORE ACROSS THE WHOLE NIGHT, OR JUST THE GAME Points can carry over into a head-to-head total between you and everyone you play, so you can see who is ahead over weeks rather than one game. Either of you can reset it to zero whenever you like. Or switch it off and the points stop when the game does. TAKE YOUR TURN WHENEVER No clock, no skipped turns. A game can last an evening or a fortnight. You…