Dice. I particularly love this shot because you can see every numeric value available.
There are probably thousands of different dice games, but the one I like to play is called 5000. Basically, you throw the dice and try to get certain combinations in order to continue your turn. Three of a kind, a one, or a five will "keep you alive." At any point during your turn, you can "stick" and add your accumulated points to your game total. If all your die score during your turn, you can pick them up and throw them again until you have a throw that doesn't add to your accumulated score. At that point, you lose all the points you've accumulated during that turn. That is called a "bust." The first player to get to 5000 earned points wins.
What makes this game really fun to play is the element of risk; in order to actually earn points, at some point you have to "stick" instead of "bust." Some players always stick at 500 points accumulated. Others won't stop throwing their die until they either accumulate over a 1000 points, or bust trying.
How much risk you want to take changes during the course of the game, and depends in large part on how much risk other players are taking. A conservative player can win by building up their point total in 500 point increments while their opponents bust, but a risk-tolerant player will go for the big splash and try to earn thousands of points at a time. Either strategy can work well, depending on the situation at hand.
Much like life, correctly assessing risk is essential to be a winner.
8 comments:
I like 10,000. Nice shot!
I really like the processing done to this. Such an unique shot as well. I like it. Never played dice much except Yahtzee and thats a fun game.
We play 10,000, but the game is the same. I love it too. I also love what you've done with this photo. It looks especially good in the smaller version, but wow.. great effect.
OH.. however, we have a couple rule variants you should try:
1. You cannot *start* to accumulate points until you hit 1,000
2. If you stick, the next person in line has the option of taking the remaining dice you didn't roll, and trying to add on to your total.. but only if they're on the board first.
Awesome shot, focus is right on, and the lighting looks good, wtg!!!
Wow! Sweet shot!!
Nice shot, I play 10,000 on computer, basically the same game.
Ooh, I wanna try this. How many tosses to catch them in the air?
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