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Thirty - A Dice Game

 

Thirty

Objective: To be the last person with points left, whilst attempting to knock the player to your left out of the game.

Equipment:  6 dice, Pen and paper for scoring    Number of players:  As many as you want

Game play:
Every players starts out with 30 points. The player takes the 6 dice and rolls them with the primary objective of scoring 30 or over. With each roll, the player must set aside at least one die, but is allowed to set aside as many as they wish. The play continues until all 6 dice have been set aside, and then the face value is added up to determine the total for that player.

If a total value of 30 is achieved, the player scores 0 points, and the dice are passed to the player to the left.

If the total is LESS than 30, the player will subtract that number from their own points, and then the dice are passed to the left.

If the total is MORE than 30, the player takes all 6 dice and rolls again. For every die they roll with the face value being the number of points over 30 they had rolled, the die is set aside and the player to their left gets those points subtracted. This continues until for as long as they continue to roll dice of the correct number. Play then continues to the left.

Example:
Player A rolls the 6 dice to reveal 6, 6, 5, 2, 3, 4
He sets aside the two 6s and rolls the remaining four dice to reveal 4, 1, 1, 2
He MUST take something from each roll so he sets aside the 4
On his next roll he reveals 6, 5, 1 so he takes the 6
He rolls again and reveals 5, 2 and takes the 5
On his last roll he manages a 4 and sets it aside
The dice set aside are 6, 6, 4, 6, 5, 4 to give him a total of 31 points.

Player A now takes all 6 dice again to attempt to roll as many 1s as he can. For each 1 he rolls, Player B to his left will get 1 point subtracted from his total score.

Player A rolls 6, 2, 4, 5, 1, 1 on his first go and sets aside the two 1s
On his second go he rolls 3, 6, 1, 4 and sets the 1 aside
On his third roll he has 5, 2, 5, 3 and as he has no 1s, his turn is over. Player B subtracts 3 points from his score which are written down on the score sheet and play passes to him.

Player B is not so lucky. After his rolls, he has ended up with a face value of only 28 points. As he is under 30 by 2, those 2 points are subtracted from his previous score of 28 to leave him a total of 25 points. Play continues to his left.

Player C is relatively lucky after his rolls, he scores a face value of exactly 30, which means he does not subtract any of his points, but he also does not have an opportunity to subtract points to player D on his left. Play passes to player D.
In this way play continues around the table until game over.

Game Over: When a player runs out of points he is out. The game ends when everyone has run out of points except one person, and he is the winner.

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Printable Hand & Foot Rules, Cheat Sheets, & Score Sheets

 
The Hand & Foot Card Game is a variant of Canasta. It is typically played with 4 players, two teams.  But up to 6 can play, using one deck of cards per a player.

Download a pdf file of rules, cheat sheets for the players to keep track of the rules, and scoring sheets, here:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/19LVdLgJxNRD_F8x8abO5Cn7BDHsVPA8X/view?usp=sharing