Alphatian Roulette

Alphatian Roulette

Designer: Matteo Barnabè
Publisher: GiocArea OnLine
Type: Dice
Languages: English, Italian
Status: Free
BGG entry: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/18086
Available from: http://www.davincigames.it/giocarea_eng/09/dagiocare.htm
http://www.randin.it/ihggd/ekrenor/ekrenor.html (rules in Italian)

Equipment:

• five six-sided dice (d6).
• ten coins per player.

Object of the game: To massacre your opponent by inflicting ten points of damage on him!

During his turn the player is “attacking”; his opponent is “defending”. The attack is done as follows: the player rolls the five d6, after which he can re-roll the dice he wants (however, each time he must keep at least one die, so that the attack will be composed at most of five rolls). The goal is to try to damage the opponent, with each “6” being a possible pont of damage.

When the attacker has completed his throws, the defender must try to parry: he chooses one of the numbers shown by the dice and throws all the dice that show that number. But beware!: with a single roll now he has to obtain at least one die with a higher number, and he has only one chance. If he fails, he suffers one damage for each “6” that the attacker has rolled, plus an additional point of damage. If he succeeds, instead, the attacker suffers as many damages as the difference between the thrown number and the lower among the attack dice. Eliminate the same number of coins from your hand to show the damage.

You win by inflicting ten points of damage on your opponent before he does the same to you!

This game appeared in Issue #9 of GiocArea OnLine.