About Ten Thousand
Ten Thousand is the old dice game many people know as 10,000, Farkle or Zilch. You roll six dice, set aside the ones that score and then choose: do you roll on with the rest, or bank your points for the turn? Roll without scoring and everything from that turn is gone.
On GameBase the dice and the scoreboard sit on one iPad in the middle of the table. The game works out the points itself, shows the scoring table at all times and keeps track of who’s on the board. You can switch on the 1,000 rule, so you first have to score 1,000 points in a single turn.
It’s a game of nerve and luck, full of loud cheers and shared groans around the table. When someone reaches the target, everyone else gets one last turn to beat them.
How to play
- Choose the number of players, type in names, then pick the target and whether the 1,000 rule applies.
- Roll all six dice and tap the dice that score to set them aside.
- Roll the rest again, or tap Bank points. If a roll scores nothing, it’s a Bust and the turn’s points are lost.
- If all six dice score, you get Hot Dice and roll all six again.
- When someone reaches the target, the others get one more turn. Most points wins.