Triple farkle penalty: Some people play with a 1,000 point penalty for any player who rolls a Farkle for 3 turns in a row. More: There are TON of other scoring variations. However, we’ve seen some give mega bonuses from 1,000 to 3,000. Other 1s bonus: Most versions give no bonuses for 1s that make up 4-of-a-kind, 5-of-a-kind, or 6-of-a-kinds. Triple 1s: The commercial version of Farkle, called “Pocket Farkle” scores a three-of-a-kind with 1s as a 300, instead of 1000, while others give NO bonus points for triple 1s. Scoring dice variations: We’ve outlined the most common scoring above, but scoring varies widely by those who play it. This adds some excitement and variation for the approach for the first turn. That means that until you bank a score of 500 or more, no other points can be scored. Opening score: Many people play with an opening score requirement of 500. Here are some of the most common variations: Play continues until one player reaches 10,000 points and is declared the winner.įarkle has a number of variations. Continue taking turns/rounds until 10,000 points and declare a winner The next player will take a turn following the same rules outlined above. Play continues clockwise (or alternates if 2 player) They cannot be combined with dice from other rolls to form new scoring combinations. When scoring, dice that were set aside on multi-roll turns must be played in the grouping for that role. Players can earn multiple bonus rolls as long as they keep scoring all 6 dice. If a Farkle is rolled during the bonus, they also score zero points for the whole round, including the 6 dice previously rolled. 3E: Bonus rollĪt the end of a hand, if a player was able to have all 6 dice scored, they have “hot dice” and have an option to take bonus rolls and repeat steps 3A-3D above. The player decides to bank the score after rolling or rerolling scoring dice. No points are scored for a turn with a Farkle. The player rolls or rerolls and has no scoring dice rolled. Until a score is banked, it’s at risk of a Farkle wiping it out. 3C: Bank the scoreĪfter any scoring roll, the player may choose to score their hand as it is, per the scoring rules outlined below. You can continue to reroll as many times as you want as long as you’re setting aside at least one scoring die each roll (for a maximum of 6 possible rolls if you were to only keep one die per roll, which would be very rare). Just select which scoring dice you’d like to keep (must be at least one, but you don’t have to set aside all scoring dice), set them aside, and reroll the remaining dice. 3B: Choose to reroll dice to improve scoreĪny roll that has at least one scoring die may be rerolled to improve the hand. If no dice are scoring: If no dice in the initial roll score points, this is a Farkle, and the turn ends. Scoring dice include 1s and 5s, as well as a number of poker-style combinations (pairs, straights, etc) as outlined below. Score the points, or press their luck to improve their score.

If any dice are scoring: The player is then faced with the fear/greed decision. To start each turn, a player rolls all 6 dice. 3: Play the first turn by rolling 6 dice to score points 3A: Roll 6 dice In the case of a tie, the players who tie reroll until the first player is determined. Each player rolls a single die and the highest roll goes first. Like most dice games, we recommend doing a roll-off to determine who goes first. 2: Determine who goes first through a roll-off How to Play Farkle in 5 Simple Steps 1: Grab 6 dice and a friend (or more)Īll you need for a game of Farkle is 6 dice and 2 or more players. It also introduces probability and strategic decision making on which dice combinations to score and when to press their luck. This game also builds addition skills, as well as multiplication. SkillsĮvery turn requires a choice that pits fear and greed against each other, which adds excitement. Or just put together your own set with the items above. You can also consider getting a Farkle set that has everything you need and is good as a gift. Number of Playersįarkle is played with 2 or more players. Objectiveīe the first to earn 10,000 points by rolling 6 dice in scoring combinations.

But watch out, get too greedy and a single bad roll can wipe out all of your points for that turn.

Players roll to score points, and can press their luck to improve their hand by choosing to reroll.

Farkle is a fun, social dice game of fear and greed.

Printable rules for farkle