If you are reading these rules for the first time, ignore the text along the right hand side. These rules serve as a summary to help you quickly familiarize yourself with the game.
Game Idea
Players play as gamblers trying their luck in Las Vegas
Round after round, they place their dice onto the casinos in order to have the most lying there
The player with the most money is the winner
The players play as risk-taking gamblers trying their luck in theglitzy world of Las Vegas.
Six casinos can be visited, each of them showing a different numberand each with a different amount of money available to be wonoverall. Round after round the same questions are asked: Whereshould I place most of my dice in order to gain a majority there?Where will my opponents be placing their dice? And where can Imaybe grab a tidy sum from a competitor and roll it into my ownpockets?
But be careful, that kind of battle over the biggest bucks has gonebad more than once – leaving someone else laughing at the end!
The winner is the player with the most money after four rounds.
Game Components
40
dice (8 in each player colour)
6
casinos (with die values 1-6)
54
banknotes (5 each of $60,000, $70,000, $80,000 and $90,000; 6 each of $10,000, $40,000 and $50,000; 8 each of $20,000 and $30,000)
1
start player card
Variants
Neutral Dice
All previous rules are in effect with the following exceptions:
At the start of each round, players receive, in addition to the 8 dicein their colour, additional dice in a neutral, unused, colour(we recommend white):
- with 2 players, each player receives 4 white dice (= 12 total)
- with 3 to 6 players each player receives 2 white dice (= 10 total)
(In a three player game, two additional white dice get rolled bythe start player at the start of the round and placed accordingly.)
On your turn, you must roll your neutral dice along with those of yourown colour and then place them just as you would your own.
Example:Carla rolls two 1s of her own colour as well as one white 1; she alsorolls a 5 of her own and a neutral 6. She can now choose to place either all three 1s, her own 5, or the neutral 6.
At the end of a round, the neutral dice are scored as if they belongedto an additional (imaginary) player. Any money that this ‚player‘ winsgets added to the bottom of the pile.
Example 1:The $80,000 note goes to white (and is thus added to the bottom ofthe pile); Benno receives the $30,000 note.
Example 2:Carla receives the $70,000 note and white receives the $40,000 note(added to the bottom of the pile); Anna receives nothing..
Minimum amount
This summary shows the minimum amount of money that mustbe placed beside each casino at the beginning of each round, based onthe number of players in the game.
- 2 players: 30,000$
- 3 players: 40,000$
- 4 players: 50,000$ (like basic game)
- 5 players: 60,000$
- 6 players: 70,000$
100,000$
5 100.000$ banknotes are shuffled together with all the other banknote cards.
Biggies
Biggies are bigger dice which are counted as two dice during scoring.
At the beginning of the game, each player replaces one regular die withthe matching biggie (so each player still uses 8 dice).
The biggie is rolled and placed together with the regular dice, as writtenin the basic rules, but counts as two dice during scoring.
Kickers
Violet dice are used as "kickers"; they "kick out" dice already on a casinoback to a player’s supply.
At the beginning of the game, each player trades one regular die for onekicker (so each player still uses 8 dice).
All unused violet dice are returned to the game box.
Note: If there are fewer than 6 players, each player should trade two regular dice for two kickers.
The kicker is rolled and placed together with the regular diceaccording to the basic rules. When a kicker is placed on a casino, theplayer removes the kicker and any one* die immediately, places thekicker on the back of the summary card (where it is out of play forthe rest of the round), and gives the die that has been "kicked back"to its original owner (who can use it again). Remember: kickers never stay on casinos!
Notes:
- * Could include your or your opponent’s…"
- A player without any dice left who has one "kicked back" is in the game again. This player could also usean unplayed action card (see below) at this point.
- When a kicker is used on an empty casino (or slot machine, see below), it has no effect. The kicker isimmediately moved to the display card.
Rainbow Cards
At the beginning of the game, the rainbow cards are shuffled with allother banknotes. If a rainbow card is dealt to a casino during set-up, itsvalue is calculated as $40,000.
After all dice have been placed, and before scoring starts, each rainbowcard is placed in a discard pile and replaced with a new banknote from thetop of the draw pile.
If a new rainbow card is turned up, it is also discarded and replaced with a new card.
Slot Machine
The slot machine is treated as a seventh casino, using the same rules asthe other casinos, with the following three exceptions:
1. Dice placed on the slot machine can show any number, 1-6.
2. A player must place all dice of one number, but the number on the dice must be differentthan the numbers already on the slot machine.
Anna has placed 4’s on the slot machine. No one else may place 4’s there, including Anna!
At the end of a round, the slot machine is scored as follows: The player with the most dice hasfirst choice of banknote, the player with the second most dice chooses second, and so on.
As with regular casinos, no player on the slot machine can win more than one banknote. Anybanknotes that are not won are placed face down at the bottom of the draw pile.
3. If 2 or more players have tied for the most dice placed on the slot machine, the winner is theplayer whose dice have the highest sum. If the players’ dice have the same sum, the playerwith the higher numbered die wins first choice.
Example:Denny places three dice with the number 3 on the slot machine. No playermay place any more 3’s on the slot machine during this round (including Denny!).Ben places two 6’s, and Carla places two 4’s. In a later turn Carla Carla adds one single 1.
When scoring, Carla has first choice, since her three dice shows the same sum as thethree dice of Denny (9), but Carla has placed the higher numbered die (4).Denny chooses a banknote second, then finally Ben ...
