Intro

In Farkle (also known as 10000, Cosmic Wimpout, Greed, or Hot Dice), the goal is to score more points than your opponents. Each turn, you roll dice to try to get a higher score. Once a player reaches 10000 points, the player with the most points at the end of the round wins.

Farkle is multiplayer! You can play by yourself, or with up to eleven of your friends. To get started, enter a name for yourself (ex: "farkle-player-100") an a room name. The room name can be anything you like (ex: "joan's room"). If you're playing with others, they can join your game by using the exact same room name.

Gameplay

Once you select Play Farkle, you'll see the scoresheet and an option to Start Game. Be sure all other players have joined before you start the game! They will not be able to join after you start the game.

First, you roll your dice, by pressing the Roll button. 

Based on what you rolled, set aside any scoring dice in order to bank them to your score later. This is based on the table below:

1 = 100 points	Four of any number = 1000 points
5 = 50 points	Five of any number = 2000 points
Three 1s = 300 points (can be customized to be 1000 points)	Six of any number = 3000 points
Three 2s = 200 points	1-6 straight (1,2,3,4,5,6) = 1500 points
Three 3s = 300 points	Three pair = 1500 points
Three 4s = 400 points	Four-of-a-kind and a pair = 1500 points
Three 5s = 500 points	Two triplets = 2500 points
Three 6s = 600 points

Once you've set aside at least one die, you can bank your dice, which adds your set-aside dice to your score, and ends your turn. The first time you score, it must be with at least 500 points. After that, you can bank any amount.

Once you've set aside your dice, you can keep rolling the dice that you haven't set aside. If you're able to set aside all your dice, then you can re-roll everything - this is known as hot dice 🔥. If at any time you roll the dice and nothing can be scored, then your turn immediately ends, and you lose all your set-aside dice. This is known as a Farkle.

Play continues until the first player reaches either 10,000 points. Once that happens, by default, the remaining players who haven't yet gone in the round will get one last chance to beat that score. The player with the most points at the end of the round wins!

Custom Rules

By popular demand, we've recently introduced a number of custom rules to make gameplay more fun! You can enable custom rules by selecting Customize game rules after you create a room but before you start the game.

The custom rules are: 

• Can you try to steal a previous player's roll? In this mode, at the start of your turn, you have two options: you can either roll all the dice as usual, or you can try to build on a previous player's score by rolling the dice that they didn't roll. If you get something scoreable, you can get to score those dice and everything the previous player scored last turn. But, if you Farkle, your turn is over.
• Who gets to play after the first player reaches the winning score? By default, all players who haven't yet gone this round get to go again. But you can customize this to give all other players a shot.
• How many points are three ones worth? By default, three ones are worth 300. But they can be customized to be worth 1000.
• How many points does it take to win? By default, 10,000 points are required to win. But this can be customized to 5,000 points, if you're looking for a shorter game.
• The very first time you score, do you need 500 points? By default, this is the case, but you can turn off this restriction.
• Do you need 300 points to score at all? By default, you can score when you have any scoreable dice (except maybe on the first time you score). But, you can choose to enforce the restriction that you need at least 300 points to score at all.

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Credits:

• https://www.zapsplat.com/ for the error sound effect, used in Set.
• Cburnett for the chess piece graphics, used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.
• Mike Koenig for the dice roll sound effect, used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.
• schizoid2k for the clack sound effect, used under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication.
• element4rt for the tile shuffle sound effect, used under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication.
• f4ngy for the card flip sound effect, used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.
• Fission9 for the splash sound effect, used under Creative Commons 0 License
• EFlexMusic for the explosion sound effect, used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.
• Daphne_in_Wonderland for the notification sound effect, used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.

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