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Sokieba

White 2 + green 4 makes 6

One white target die and five action dice in red, green, yellow, blue and black, all made from soft, sturdy foam, are used in every game, regardless of how many play indoors or outdoors. At the start, you turn the target die to three pips and set it on your chosen target point. A throwing line is marked - depending on the age of players - 2 to 5 m from the target die.

As active player, you throw an action die of any color and try to hit the target die with it. If you are successful, you add the values that show on both dice and note them on a score sheet. If you don’t hit the target die, you do not score for this throw. While a player is active, nobody else can enter the throwing zone. If the active player oversteps the throwing line, he scores zero points for this throw. Indirect hits of the target die by rebounding of the action die from a tree, a wall or other obstacles is allowed, the action die may also touch the ground before hitting the white die. Rolling the die is forbidden, a die sitting on an edge can be turned to the higher pip value. The active player rolls all remaining four dice in this way and notes hit values. For the next player, the target die is replaced at the original target point, again showing three pips. When all have been active once, you win with most points.

In variants, you can roll the dice, or the target die is replaced with the current value to the target point or you play in teams, etc.

Sokieba offers simple, quick fun for families on holiday, it is the ideal game for beach, camping ground or play ground, and can even be played in a hotel room on a rainy day.

Players: 2-5

Age: 8+

Time: 25+

Designer: Stefan Schranz

Artist: Bluguy

Price: ca. 15 Euro

Publisher: Kosmos Verlag 2017

Web: www.kosmos.de

Genre: Throw die to hit die

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Simplest rules

Nice for indoors and outdoors

Team play allows more than five players

Compares to:

Boule and other hit-the-target games

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 3

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 0

Dexterity (green): 3

Action (dark green): 3