In my circle of friends and family, we play a game called the 1000. It exists under several names and as many variants. Some call him the 5000, le 10 000, Zlich, Zloutch, Cosmic Wimpout, Greed, Hot Dice, Squelch, Zonk, Farkle, …. The most famous versions would be played with 5 dice. We play with 6 dice.

I will not go into the explanation of the rules here, but I invite you to download the .doc file at the bottom of this post.

In summary, the game plays 2 players and more. From 4 to 8 players is recommended. Each player in turn, tries to make points by pushing the chance but knowing stop at the right moment not to lose everything.

The game takes flight when players reach 5000 points. When a player reaches this score, he is allowed to continue accumulating the points of the previous person. Imagine a game with 6 players, and everyone has the famous 5000 points. The amount climbs and it’s your turn. The accumulated amount is returned to 8750 points and what separates you from putting your hands on all these points is the launch of one (1) dice … Everyone watches you, they live a mixture of wanting you to lose the points but at the same time hope to see the amount to grow even more to have the chance in turn to have more point … It’s hellish!

Without further ado, you can download the small file that contains all the rules we use. Have fun!