Chances are that they’ll mostly try to score the Flush option – since matching colors is a great way to get little tikes into games. We also don’t doubt that the youngsters in the family won’t be too strategic about where they place their die, but they’ll love the dice. With these giant dice, we’re sure that everyone in the family will want to play this dice game. The first person to score 10 points wins!Ĭan the whole family enjoy Dotzee? Check out the sample ways to score. They then score that many points and play moves on to the next person. Then they look at all rows and columns (and diagonals) to see if they’ve created 1 or more of the scoring patterns. They can place it in the spot the removed it from or in either the end of a row or column and push the other dice (in that row or column) into the open spot. The player then places the die, as rolled, back in the grid in 1 of 3 positions. On a player’s turn, they remove one of the die from the edge of the board and roll it. To begin the game, the 16 giant dice are placed on the board with their blank side up. If they place the die such that more than one of those scoring patterns is created, then they’ll get more points – 1 point for each pattern.Īlso, the scoring combinations can occur horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

If they place it such that a row contains one of those scoring patterns, then they earn a point. Players create such scoring rows by rolling one of the giant die and placing it strategically in the 4×4 grid. Flush – the 4 die in the row have the same color showing.

Small Straight – consecutively numbered dice are in the row (they don’t have to be laid out in order – see example).

Two Pair – the 4 die in the row have 2 sets of dice showing matching numbers.4 of a Kind – the 4 die in the row have the same number of pips on top.The objective of Dotzee is to score the most points throughout the game by creating rows of: The game also comes with a game board to hold the dice in a 4×4 grid for play.īut do the high quality components deliver a high quality game?

Each chunky die is a 1 ¼ inch cube and has nice brightly colored pips. While a game with only 16 dice may not sound like much, the size of these dice draws attention. But we’ve never played a game with such huge dice! We’ve played some big board games before – games with a ton of components that sprawl across every inch of a large table.

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