El Ocho

8 dice, 8 sides, 8000 points. You will often say, "Okay, I'm going! Uh .. Actually no, I'm stopping! ... Come on, I will continue !. " Cautious or risk it all? Roll the eight dice. Observe the result and put aside the dice which yield points: - the 1: 100 points for each 1 obtained - the 5: 50 points for each 5 obtained - and especially the three of a kind. Example: three 6 = 600 points! . Then, it's up to you to decide: either you stop there and you score the points achieved, or you re-roll the remaining dice ... You can then increase your score ... or lose everything if you get neither 1, nor 5, nor of a set ... big straight from the first throw (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)? That's 4,000 points all at once. The first to 8,000 points wins the game! . At level 2, add the Joker 8 (You can re-roll your dice if you do not get points provided you have obtained at least an 8), the formulas (a square = value of three of a kind x2, a straight = value of set x4 etc), and straight (you just roll three dice and get a straight, for example a 4, a 5 and a 6: 300 points and you re-roll everything). . Opportunism: It can be risky but at the same time very exciting trying to get through your eight dice. Because if you get points with all the dice, you can re-roll everything and continue to accumulate points. . Example : . 1st throw: 1, 4, 5, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8 You decide to set aside the 1 and the set of 7: 100 + 700 = 800 points. You have four dice left. . 2nd throw: 2, 2, 5, 6 You set aside the 5: + 50 = 850 points. You have three dice left. . 3rd throw: 1, 7, 7 You set aside the 1: + 100 = 950 points. You have two dice left. . You decide to relaunch them…. 4th throw: 2, 4 You lose everything: 0 points! (Damn! You would have had to say "I quit!" And not throw them and you would have scored the 950 points obtained so far ...). but you could also have obtained for your 4th throw: 1, 5 So you add: + 100 + 50 = 1100 points and you raise everything !!! . 5th throw: 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7 You set aside the square of 4 as well as the 5: + 800 + 50 = 1950 points. You have three dice left. . Maybe it's time to say "Stop it!" », No? ... So you score 1950 points! . Next ! . . This game is largely inspired by the 10,000 I played with my family in the Obersteinberg mountain chalet. It was hot, there was a wood fire, we drank rose hip tea, and we played dice lit by kerosene lamps. Through the window we could see the colors of the Alpenglün on the Jungfraü… We had hiked all day in the heart of the Swiss Alps, descended to Paradisli to make a dam, or climbed to Oberhornsee - the most beautiful mountain lake in the world ! - or climbed the Tanzbödli, an ideal viewpoint over the Eiger, the Mönch and the Mürren resort, and the most beautiful and tough too: climb to the Schmaddrihütte. The shopping for cups and dishes that we did there in the stream that fell from the glacier forged my taste for gambling for all my life. Ah, if by playing El Ocho you could forge equal memories, experience the same joys, I would be delighted. Oh yeah, by the way, if you like hiking, then go spend a few days near Obersteinberg! . The first version of the game, already twice reissued, was a great success. Thank you Raphaël Delerue for the nice illustration of this new version! . Rules included in