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Yay

Number entered in a square touched by die

There are lots and lots of dice game, and there are many dice game in which you add the pips resulting from a roll and score the total - Yay has all those characteristics and yet is a somewhat different kind of dice game:

The playing are is a sheet of paper, showing a grid of 8x8 squares, placed into a wooden frame; each player is given a colored pen. For one’s first move each player rolls all three dice into the playing area, adds the pips and enters the sum into any of the squares of his choice, touched by any of the dice. From your second roll on you can roll the dice as often as you want, but must always produce a higher result than with the previous roll. If you do not manage this you must cross out one of your results in the grid and cannot enter points. If you stop and want to enter a result you must choose a square that is touched by one of the dice. When all numbers in squares directly adjacent to the square you chose are lower you can enter your result and cross out all those adjacent lower numbers. When your sum is equal or lower than those of the other players and you cannot choose another square you must block your chosen square. Next to your own numbers and lower or crossed out numbers you can enter lower numbers. Aim of the game is a horizontal or vertical row in your own color to complete the game. You then add your valid numbers and win with the highest total.

What a sophisticated simple game! The Can’t Stop effect is enhanced by the crossed-out results, but with low values you cannot conquer a square - so, another roll? Maybe I manage to roll one die into the square in that corner over there!

Players: 2-4

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Heinz Meister

Art: Schachzug

Price: ca. 12 Euro

Publisher: Noris Spiele 2012

Web: www.noris-spiele.de

Genre: Dice game

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Simple rules

Unusual double use of dice

Compares to:

First game of this kind, in general all dice game comparing sums of pips

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 3

Tactic (turquoise): 2

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