Category: (Toy)
6 new, starting at $4.88
GENERAL FEATURES: Six Dice Farkel by Legendary Games is intense, educational and fast action! It is the classic game of guts and luck. Six Dice Farkel is more fun than you're supposed to have! Dice and a score pad are included in this 4 inch tube. Hours of hilarious fun! For ages eight and up!
Totally portable fun game!Reviewed by Colleen, 2009-04-12
I purchased a Pocket Farkel Travel Set many years ago. My container
is about the size of the center cardboard on a roll of toilet
paper. Inside are six regular sized dice, a pencil, a rolled up
score pad, and sheet of instructions. The game easily tucks into
the glove box of the car, your carry-on bag and even your purse for
entertainment anywhere and any time. It is easy to start playing
right out of the container.
The object of the game is to get scoring dice on every roll and be
the first player to get more than 10,000 points.
Each player must roll at least 500 points during one turn to get
into the game. After that they accumulate points each time it is
their turn. It is somewhat like Yatzee in that you get points for
3-of-a-kind, 4-of-a-kind, 5 and 6-of-a-kind, a straight, and pairs,
and you can "change horses in the middle of the stream" if you
would rather match up dice that you roll later than what you
originally saved to the side. You get to keep rolling as long as
you have dice that are scoring, however, you never know when you
will roll dice that don't score (a Farkel). If that happens to you,
you lose all the points you accumulated in that turn. So you have
to make a decision every time you roll when to take the points
you've accumulated and pass the dice, or risk losing the points
you've accumulted that round by continuing to roll. Once points are
scored on paper they cannot be lost. There are also "High Stakes"
rules and options for for lower point games.
Take it with you so the next time you are camping, or stuck in an
airport waiting for your next flight, or in the air for hours, or
in the backseat of the car on a road trip, at a family reunion, or
bored to death at Grandma's house you'll have something fun to fill
the time with that takes up little room in your purse and requires
only a small playing area.
Great family fun!Reviewed by C. Hefner, 2008-09-22
On a visit to an older relative, we learned to play this game. Since then, we take the game as we travel and over to friends homes and play it in small or big groups. Simple enough to be played by younger kids, and has enough finesse to have possible playing strategies for us mature players. We usually laugh a lot when we play this. Although it's not strictly educational game, it helps you to learn to add. I have a lot of great memories associated with this game already. Inexpensive, but a great value, makes a great gift for people who love to play games.
Lots of fun, but not "intense"Reviewed by Sue, 2007-10-30
This product is fun, but is not "intense" as the game says. My 13 year-old grandson and I played several games. It is educational because you have to add large numbers.
Lots of fun for both kids and adults!Reviewed by C. Newell, 2007-10-21
This is a great game! It's fun to play with adults, but just as fun
for children. We play it camping and at home. This particular size
is great for those who can't see the dots on the dice. The pocket
size is great for kids' little hands.
More scoring optionsReviewed by TLKramer, 2007-09-01
I learned a slightly different version of this game from family. In
the version we were playing you only used 5 dice (Farkel uses 6)
and the scoring was much more limited. When I read the description
I decided to try this one because it had higher scores. I was also
pleased to learn of the high stakes version of the rules which
really makes things interesting. You have the option of continuing
the previous player's turn and if you don't throw a losing roll,
you get the same score they had plus whatever you just added.
There is also another version called Spicy Farkel which adds the
capability of multiplying your score if you have red sided dice on
your roll. I bought them both but you could save some money and
just buy the Spicy version. The Spicy Farkel even includes rules
for a different game that uses the same red sided dice. Farkel has
made an already fun game even better.
