Everest dice game is a simple race game with objective to become the first player to mark 24 squares in a board containing numbered squares from 1 to 12. The game is played with 3 six-sided dice and resembles Centennial dice game with some variations.
No Of Players: 2 – 8
Setup:
3 six-sided dice and a scoresheet (such as below) for each player. The scoresheet contains 24 squares marked with numbers between 1 to 12.
First Turn:
Roll one die to decide. Player rolling highest number goes first. In case of a tie re-roll.
Everest Dice Game Play:
Players take turn clockwise to roll all 3 dice once and mark a square in the board. The rules of the game are as following
- Players can mark only one square in each turn.
- All possible combinations can be used for marking. For ex, if 1, 2, 3 were rolled, then any one of the squares numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 (3+1), 5 (3+2), 6 (1+2+3) can be marked. Once a square is marked, turn is passed to the next player.
- If no combination can be marked, then turn is simply passed to the next player.
- The first player to mark all 24 squares wins the game.