PIG

This is one of our favorite games, something I picked up from math educator Marilyn Burns. all you need is pencil, paper, and four dice.

Object: The first person to reach 100 points is the winner.

How to Play:

1. Start the game by rolling the dice. Each player can choose to roll one, two, three or four dice. If a one is rolled, then the player’s turn is over and he loses any points he had for that turn.

2. If the player rolls anything other than a one, then the player gets to decide to take that number as his score or roll again.

3. If the player decides to roll again, then he continues to add up the face value of the dice for each roll until he rolls a one and loses it all, or decides to stop and pass the dice.

4. Once a person stops to pass the turn to the next player, then the scorekeeper writes down his total number of points. He continues to add to this score, with each turn, until he reaches 100. Whenever a one is rolled, then the player’s turn is over and he loses any points he had for that turn. if he rolls TWO ones, he loses all his points for that game, and his score returns to zero.