Palindromos

1-6 8+ 10-20’
INTRODUCTION: Palindromos is Next, each player will roll a face. You may do this for each
a roll&write game. die. The player who rolled the wild die you select.
When playing Solitaire, your highest unpaired value will be the DISCARDED DICE:
objective is to complete a perfect start player for the first round. Twice in the game, you may
series of palindromes. Each round, the player to the choose to discard a single die.
When playing with others, previous start player’s left will be You may discard both in the same
your objective is to be the last the new start player. turn, if you so choose, but you
player standing, or complete a PLAY: may not discard more than 2.
perfect series of palindromes. The start player will roll all of When you discard a die, mark one
SET-UP: You will need 3 dice for the dice, selecting one die to keep. of the 2 discard boxes.
the first player, plus 2 dice for Each player in clockwise order will DICE SELECTION IN
each additional player. do the same. The last player SOLITAIRE:
You will also need a copy of chooses a 2nd die. Then each In the case of a solitaire
the game sheet (4 sheets are player in counter clockwise order game, the order of dice you select
provided on a single page), and a will choose a die. This will result in is very important, since the first
pencil for each player. a single unselected die. Place this die you select must be marked
die in the middle of your play area. adjacent to previously marked
It will be called the Shared Die. boxes, and your second die must
Choose a box to mark the be marked adjacent to your first
number of one of your rolled dice. die. The 3rd die may be written in
Keep in mind that the board is any box of your sheet, provided it
color-coded. If you mark a yellow fits the necessary rules.
box with a value, you will need to ELIMINATED PLAYERS:
mark each yellow box with the When any player is eliminated,
same value. You may use the remove 2 dice from the dice pool
same value in another color of for each eliminated player.
box; for example, you may mark a END GAME:
2 in purple and pink. But you may The game ends when (1) all
not use more than one number in players but one cannot complete
any box color; for example, if you their palindromes, (2) all players
A palindrome is a series of mark a 1 in one gray box, all other cannot complete a palindrome
letters or numbers that are gray boxes must be filled with 1’s. (and all discard opportunities
identical forward or backward. In DICE MARKING RULES: have been used), or (3) at least
this case, we will use numbers, When marking your second one player has completed a full
based on common dice, which are die, you must mark a box adjacent palindrome series. All boxes are
drafted one way, then another. to your first die. marked with acceptable values.
For example, 2332, or When choosing a box to add ADJACENCY:
6312136, as shown above. a number in turns after the first, Be particularly cautious not to
You will have help in the form you must mark boxes adjacent to separate out single boxes, as the
of a wild number, which you will previously filled boxes. only way to fill these is to discard
get to choose. In fact, this is your The value of the shared die a die or use the shared die.
first step. Choose a value may be written in any empty box. TIE BREAKERS:
between 1 and 6, and write the If you are unable to fill a box If the last surviving players
number in the box marked WILD. with the number of one of your are eliminated in the same round,
In the example above, 5 was dice, or with the shared die, you causing the game to end, the
selected as the wild number. It is are eliminated. player who received his first die
recommended, in your first game, If you are playing a game with latest wins the game.
to choose a different wild number more than 1 player, the last If there are multiple complete
for each player. (Players may do remaining player wins. palindrome series, every player
this by stating their chosen WILD: who completes a perfect series
number aloud, one player at a When you select a die with a wild wins the game.
time.) value, you may turn the die to any