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Dec 3, 2025·How to play·04:59·129·Watch on YouTube

How to Play Farkle - a push your luck family dice game

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Watch “How to Play Farkle - a push your luck family dice game,” a how-to-play guide for Farkle from Game Rules on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Game Rules on YouTube:

Roll the dice and push your luck! This tutorial will teach you how to play Farkle, the classic, high-stakes dice game where every roll could score you big points—or cost you everything! We break down all the essential rules: how to score points with ones, fives, triples, straights, and three pairs; the crucial decision of when to 'push your luck' and roll again versus when to 'bank' your score; and, of course, how to avoid rolling a Farkle (a roll with no scoring dice!), which wipes out all your unbanked points for that turn. We cover the minimum scoring rules and the ultimate goal of being the first player to hit 10,000 points to win the game. It's easy to learn, intensely addictive, and perfect for family game nights or parties! #Farkle #DiceGame #HowToPlay #GameNight #PushYourLuck #FarkleTutorial #DiceGames #LearnToPlay #TabletopGames #ClassicGames 0:00 intro 0:21 game setup 0:30 how to play 1:00 keeping score 3:36 conclusion How to Keep Score Single 1 = 100 Four of any number = 1,000 Single 5 = 50 Five of any number = 2,000 Three 1s = 300 Six of any number = 3,000 Three 2s = 200 1 - 6 straight = 1,500 Three 3s = 300 Three pairs = 1,500 Three 4s = 400 Four of any number with a pair = 1,500 Three 5s = 500 Two triplets = 2,500 Three 6s = 600

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Farkle

Farkle

1930·Charlie Potter

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6
Creators
6

Mostly how-to-play. Farkle is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, and 1 unboxings.

2 - 6 players
30 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About Farkle, from BoardGameGeek:

Farkle is a traditional press-your-luck dice game similar to Dix Mille, 5000, Cosmic Wimpout, and other such designs. Players roll five or six dice (depending on which version you play), then remove any dice they want to use for points. They can stop and score the points, or re-roll the remaining dice at the risk of scoring nothing in case the re-rolled dice do not score. Points are scored for specific numbers (1 or 5) or sets of the same number. If all dice have been used to score points, the player can pick up all of the dice and the player can keep going, again at the risk of scoring nothing for the current turn should the rolled dice have no points. The first player to 10,000 wins. The game originated in the 1930s as reported in Hugo Kastner's Die große Humboldt Enzyklopädie der Würfelspiele (Humboldt 2007, pp. 205-208), but has various joke origin stories, such as that the game was "first played in Iceland by Sir Albert Farkle in the 14th century" or "derived from the Farkleberry tree, a small tree native to Texas with berries that would harden as they dried, after which settlers would carve these berries into the shape of dice". In 1996, Charlie and Mary Potter, known as "Mr. and Mrs. Farkel", created a copyrighted scoring system and lodged various trademarks, with the scoring system being proprietary to Legendary Games, Inc. Charlie Potter started by selling The Original Pocket Farkel, which they assembled on their dining room table. Over the course of ten years, the packaged game became a commercial hit, then in 2007 Patch Products launched a version of the game spelled Farkle, with both versions of the game being on the market at the same time.

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