Deck Jumper

Players: 2-4 

Difficulty: Easy

Pieces Needed: 

One standard 52 playing card deck 

20 Dice:

4x d4
4x d6
4x d8
4x d10
4x d12

4 Game Tokens - you can use rocks, coins, beans, whatever!

 

Setup: 

Shuffle the deck of cards. Each player chooses one Game Token. Distribute the dice, each player gets one full set of dice. All dice start in each player's Active Pool. 

Instructions: 

 Everyone rolls their d12 with the highest number going first, rerolling ties. Play proceeds clockwise.

The first Player will flip over the top card of the deck and place it in front of them. 

If it is a number card, choose one dice to roll from your Active Pool. Their goal is to roll the chosen die and get a number equal to or higher than the number on the card. If you succeed, Jump your Game Token on top of this card in front of you. If you fail, place the Card face up into a Discard Pile next to the Deck. Success or failure, you move the used die to your Depleted Pool.

If it is an Event Card, follow the instructions in the rules below to resolve the card.

Jack    - Deplete one other player's highest die, or flip another card.
Queen - Refresh all of your dice, or flip another card.
King   - Push one player back a card, discarding the lost card, or flip another card.

Move to the next player’s turn.

Whenever all of your Dice are Depleted, move all of your Dice back to the Active Pool.

Winning:

First player to jump 10 cards wins!