Farkle

Farkle is one of our favorite games here at Fun Party Games for Adults. Everyone gets excited and you can play with an unlimited amount of players.  Also over the years we have played Farkle with many different people and everyone tends to have their own little changes or “house rules”.  So if you have played a little differently before that is okay or even if you haven’t and want to tweak the rules to fit your family/group better, feel free to do so.  Fun Party Games for Adults is all about making the games we post your own!


Materials: 6 dice, paper and pen for keeping score


# of players: any number (4-8 is best)


How to win: player with the most points wins (a common number of points to go to is 10,000).


How to play: Players take turns rolling all six dice trying to get as many points as possible on each roll.


Points:


Single 1=100 pts.
Single 5=50 pts.
Three 1's=1000
Three 2's=200
Three 3's=300
Three 4's=400
Three 5's=500
Three 6's=600
Three pairs=750
Straight 1-6=1500


If ever you roll the dice and there are no points showing this is called a Farkle and your turn is done.


If you roll the dice and at least 1 die shows points you can lock in those points and end your turn or you can risk those points and roll the remaining dice.  You can decide to stop rolling and lock in points at any time, but if you ever roll 0 points, you farkle and lose all points earned and your turn is over.


You can not combine points from different rolls.


If you happen to score points on all 6 dice, you may pick up all the dice and continue rolling until you decide to either lock in your points or you Farkle.


The final round begins as soon as someone gets 10,000 points or higher.  Each player then takes an additional turn.  Whoever has the most points over 10,000 wins.


Some additional house rules:  


You must get at least 300 points to lock in your score


If you Farkle 3 times in a row it is worth negative points (500 for example) or you lose all of your points.


If the player before you locks in with dice left over you can adopt their score and try and roll the remaining dice to add onto their score.  If you roll points with the remaining dice you can lock in all those points.  If you do not roll points your turn is over and you Farkle.


Have fun playing Farkle!