36d6_rules.pdf

The 36d6 Game

You Will Need

36d6 - You can use any size or colour combinations of dice (one of the Chessex dice cubes is just about

perfect), though for the Elemental variant you'll need four sets of nine dice, each set being a different colour

A six by six grid for a playing surface - each square should be at least big enough to hold one die

Other players (however many you want, although the Team variant needs an even number)

How To Play

Place all 36 dice on the board, one in each square, with the '1' pip facing upwards

Players take it in turns to move one die one square, you can only move horizontally and vertically, no diagonal

movement is allowed

If you move into a square occupied by another die, roll 1d6 and add it to the upward number on your die

Roll 1d6 and add it to the upward number on the other die

If you roll a natural 6, that die automatically wins

If you roll a natural 1, that die automatically looses

If both rolls are 6, you have a standoff and the die you moved returns to it's original square

If both rolls are a 1, both dice are destroyed and move to the discard pile

Other than that, the higher total wins. If that's your die, it moves into the square and the die you destroyed goes

into your pile (keep the upward face showing for scoring later). If the winner is the die you attacked, it stays where it

is and your die is discarded

If both totals are the same, and no-one rolled a 1 or a 6, there is a standoff and your die returns to its original

square

If your die won, turn it's face so it shows the next number up (i.e. 1 becomes 2, etc : you can't go above 6)

[2.1] If the die you won with shows a '6', change it so it shows a '1'

[1.4] If you rolled a natural '6', you get another go, but must use a different die

You cannot move the same die as the player before you

Continue until all dice but one have been removed from the table

Add up the values on your dice - the highest total wins the game

Refinements

When you get to the last few dice (say six or less), there is a tendency to move dice aimlessly so that you don't

give the next player the opportunity to attack - if this happens then after six turns in which no dice have been

attacked, the game ends (use one of the discarded dice to keep track of how many rounds there have elapsed since

there was an attack)

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Boards

For your general ease, here are four boards to download. Each will take around half a minute on a narrowband

connection. (Note: All boards mentioned in the rules have been included in the ZIP file -- D. Seagraves)

Board 1 Board 2 Board 3 Board 4

Special Tiles / Variant Games

Stonghold - A square which gives any dice defending it +1 to its roll. Should you manage to defeat a die on a

Stronghold, your die increases its value by two

Stronghold Board

Elemental - Four different tiles and four corresponding types of dice - Earth, Fire, Water, Air - The following

modifiers apply to a die depending on which square in which the attack takes place. The first number is the modifier

to attack, the second is to defend

Fire Square

Air Square

Water Square

Earth Square

Fire Die

+1/+2

-1/-2

Air Die

+1/+2

-1/-2

Water Die

-1/-2

+1/+2

Earth Die

-1/-2

+1/+2

Or, to make it into a simple rule: if your attacking it's +1/-1 for your element and the opposing one whereas if

you're defending it's +2/-2 for your element and the opposing one... (does that actually make it simpler?)

To play this variant, you need four sets of nine dice - red (fire), blue (water), green (earth) and white (air). To

set up the board, place each die on a square of the same element.

The opposing elements pairs are Fire and Water in one and Earth and Air in the other.

Elemental Board

Team Game - In this variant, rather than every person for themselves, the players are split into teams. You need an

even number of people, and the two teams are split so that there is an alternation in play (i.e. with six people, split

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them so they sit Team1, Team2, Team1, Team2, Team1, Team2)

When you successfully attack another die, place it in a team pile rather than in an individual one. The winners

are the team with the most pips at the end

Zombie Dice (using a 7x7 board) - For this variant, you'll need some other counters. You can get a pack of zombies

from xxx but anything will do. Place a die on each grey square and a zombie on each of the corner squares. The

middle, unoccupied, square is a stronghold. As well as the normal options in a turn, you can choose to move a

zombie instead of a die. The zombie attacks as though it we a die showing '2', and if it wins, the other die is discarded

and another zombie is placed in the square (max 2 zombies in any square). You cannot move a zombie into a square

which already has a zombie in it. If you wish to move a die into a square with a zombie in it, roll as normal but if you

win, the zombie is not discarded, the die simply shares the square with the zombie. If a zombie starts a turn in a

square with a die in it, the player may opt to attack that die and not move the zombie

Zombie Board

Comments

If you have any comments on the game, or any fantastic ideas to make it better, use the comments box on the

Returns page. Put your name and e-mail address in also and I'll get back to you

Border Games

October 2003

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