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Dice Games

BOWLING DICE

Try your luck at a new way to play one of America's favorite pastimes - Bowling!  No need to put on your bowling shoes, simply roll the dice to see how many pins you can knock down.  Roll just right and you might get a strike or a spare!  Players roll the dice twice on each turn, keeping score for ten frames.  After all players have completed the tenth frame, the player with the highest score wins the game!
CATZ, RATZ and BATZ

Animals rule in CATZ, RATZ  and  BATZ dice game. Players roll the customized dice to form combinations of numbers and "good" animals. CATZ are good and multiply your score. RATZ are bad and must be cancelled by CATZ. BATZ can be good or bad depending on the situation at hand. You can keep rolling the dice as long as you like to try to increase your score. But remember, the longer you roll, the higher the risk of "zeroing out", or receiving no points on your turn. The first player to beat the risk/reward game and reach 250 points wins! Everything comes in a cool little storage tin that also doubles as the dice rolling box.


Contents of CATZ, RATZ  and  BATZ:
9 Large Customized Dice
Score Pad
Rolling Tin
Instructions
COOTIE

This is the original Cootie game you had when you were a kid! First released in 1927, Cootie has been a hit with the kids ever since. Just roll the die to see which colorful part of your Cootie you get to add next. Be the first to finish your Cootie and win the game!

CURSE OF THE RUBY RHINO

Before you stands the Ruby Rhino, the most sought after treasure or the ancient world! Although it is just inches from your grasp, a curse makes it almost impossible to obtain.  Roll the dice and do your best to capture the elusive jeweled prize.  A mother load of fake gold will try to stand in your way.  But if you manage to hang on to the coveted Ruby Rhino all by yourself, you've broken the curse and won the game!

Contents of The Curse of the Ruby Rhino Dice Game: 
20 Fake Gold Coins
2 Custom Dice
2 Dice Roll Legends
1 Ruby Rhino
Rules in English and Spanish
DOODLE DICE

See what your dice can doodle with Doodle Dice!  Create a "doodle" with a few rolls.  There's a different doodle pictured on each card in the deck.  When you build a doodle that matches one of the cards, you take that card.  Block an opponent's turn or take one of their cards away!  Collect one card of each color and you win!  It's the fun, challenging way for everyone in your family to be a doodle artist!

Contents of Doodle Dice:
Playing cards
6 dice
1 shaker cup
Instructions
FEED THE KITTY

Feed the Kitty is a fast moving game where you try to keep your mice away from a hungry cat! Roll the dice to move your mice from place to place. Roll an arrow and pass a mouse to the left. Roll a sleeping kitty and you get to sneak by. But roll a bowl the kitty gets to eat! No reading is required making Feed the Kitty a quick and easy game to learn and play. The last player left with uneaten mice wins.

Contents of Feed the Kitty:
20 Wooden Mice
2 Custom Dice
1 Kitty Bowl
Rules in English and Spanish

HAVE YOU HERD?

Have You Herd? is the best selling European dice game! In Have You Herd?, you are trying to build a herd of farm animals that include a rabbit, a horse, a cow, a pig, and a sheep. A combination of trading skills and some luck of the dice are required to multiply your menagerie into a full herd. A wolf, a fox, and a skunk are out to get you, but you've got a dog on your side to help. Be the first player to collect all five of the different farm animals to win. This great family game is also great for travel as everything fits into the compact silo package.

Contents of Have You Herd?:
2 Special 12-Sided Dice
120 Cardboard Animal Tiles
Illustrated Rules
I SPY PRIVATE EYE GAME

Test your memory with I SPY Private Eye. Shake up the cubes in the Picture Cube Jumbler and start the timer. You'll have 30 seconds to memorize as many of the pictures on the nine picture cubes as you can. After the timer beeps, it's time to hide the cubes from view. Next choose an "I SPY" picture card and find all of the matches you can to score points. Another great game from the I Spy line that helps kids sharpen their memory skills and have fun at the same time.

Contents of I SPY Private Eye:
1 Picture Cube Jumbler (with lid and 30 second timer)
9 I SPY Picture Cubes
30 I SPY Cards
1 Magnifying Glass Token
Rules
KLUTZ 15 GREATEST BOARD GAMES IN THE WORLD BOOK

The Klutz 15 Greatest Board Games in the World book comes with everything you need to play except a playful spirit, a willingness to think, and five real pennies for playing Push Penny Bounce. All of the game pieces are stored in a "Don't-Lose-A-Piece" case. The other 14 games in this super fun book for 1-5 players are:
Hoppers
Game of Y
The Royal Game of UR
Surround
Corsaro
Solitaire
Pentominoes
Morris
Scatter
Tigers  and  Goats
Roundabouts
Fanorona
China Moon
Checkers

LIAR'S DICE - DELUXE

Said to have been passed down by the ancient Incas, Liar's Dice is a game of bluffing and chance! Each player attempts to out-bid, out-bluff and out-last their opponent by issuing bids or challenges.  Beautifully packaged in a painted wooden dice-box (5" by 5" by 5"), Liar's dice is suitable for display in a home or office.

Contents of Liar's Dice - Deluxe:
4 wood dice shakers
4 sets of five dice
Drawstring storage bag
Wood storage case
Instructions
ON THE ROCKS

On the Rocks is a great dice game you can play anywhere, with almost anyone!  The special dice included in this set have an image of a lighthouse on each die instead of the number one. As each player rolls, accumulating points on their way to 100, the lighthouses signal danger!  Roll one lighthouse and you loose all points from your current turn, roll two lighthouses and you lose all your points from the entire game, but roll three lighthouses and you are shipwrecked and out of the game for good.

Contents of On the Rocks:
Three lighthouse dice
Plastic tube case
Instructions
PASS THE PIGS

Pass the Pigs is a simple but addictive push-your-luck dice-like game; dice-like because you don't roll dice, but two little rubber pigs!  Players can keep rolling as long as they keep making points, which depends on how the pigs come to rest.  A player can stop at any time and have the points they've made written down.  A player's turn also ends if they roll a Pig Out, losing the points they've accumulated that turn, or an Oinker when they lose all their points, even the ones that are written down!  Get to one hundred points to win.
How far will you push your luck before you Pass the Pigs?  

Contents of Pass the Pigs:
2 pigs
Carrying case
Scorepad
2 pencils
Rules and instructions

PHASE 10 DICE

Phase 10 Dice is a roll and score dice game with a challenging and exciting twist! The phase to be completed is specific for each turn, those that complete the phase advance to the next, but those who don't must try again.  This game comes in a quality tin for storage.
SHUT THE BOX - DOUBLE SHUTTER

Tactical choices, a little luck, and a lot of family fun all come with Double Shutter! Players roll the dice and add up the pips to shut tiles in any combination they want. This version of Shut the Box is layered, adding another level of decision making, and shutting all the tiles in the "Super Box" earns you extra points. When no more tiles can be shut, the player with the lowest remaining tile wins the round. This felt lined, all wooden game has a sliding top and measures approximately 9 1/2" x 9 1/2" x 2".

Contents of Double Shutter:
1 Double Shutter Box
2 Wooden Dice
Illustrated Rules
SORRY EXPRESS

If you enjoy playing Sorry but you do not have a lot of spare time, then Sorry Express is just what you are looking for!  The game case is small, round, and durable allowing for convenient travel and easy storage. The game is straight forward to play as you attempt to move your pawns around the board, or take them from your opponent. It sounds easy, however, your fate is at the mercy of the dice! The first player to get all of their pawns home wins the game.
Contents of Sorry Express:
Sorry Express Game Pod
1 Start Base
4 Home Bases
16 Sorry Pawns
3 Dice

SPACE RACE

Start your rocket engines for Space Race, the wild and frenzied dice game that plays at the speed of light! Race against your opponents to roll four of a kind, then grab a space token before they all disappear. The last player left in the game wins. For double the fun, turn off the lights and play in the dark for an all out glow-in-the-dark space race!

Contents of Space Race:
16 glow-in-the-dark dice
24 glow-in-the-dark space tokens
Rules for multiple game plays
STACK (BLUE, RED, YELLOW, and WHITE DICE)

Stack is not just lots of dice! It's an interactive game of strategy and defense that pits players against each other in an attempt to win with the highest score. Awarded Best New Family Game (Games Magazine). 
Contents of Stack:56 standard, multicolored dice1 Deluxe Stack Sack
STACK (PINK, PURPLE, GREEN and BLACK DICE)

Once you've played a round of Stack you'll agree that it's a great game! Awarded Best New Family Game (Games Magazine). Any flat surface is the board, just throw out the dice and "let the good times roll!"Contents of Stack:56 standard, multicolored dice1 Deluxe Stack Sack

STACK DICE DELUXE EDITION

Stack Giant Deluxe Edition is a fast-paced game of strategy and defense that pits players against each other in an attempt to win with the highest score! Each player has 14 dice of one color and all dice are spilled onto the table. Players place one of their dice on top of someone else's showing the same number. Placing the forth die on a stack captures it and takes it out of play. Play continues until all plays are exhausted and a winner is crowned!

Contents of Stack Giant Deluxe Edition:
56 large 1" multicolored dice (red, white, blue, yellow)
1 deluxe stack sack
Instructions
TOSS UP!

Toss Up! is a super-suspenseful dice game right up to the very end! Each green is worth one point and as long as you keep rolling green, you can continue to roll and score. Once you start rolling greens, you'll think those reds will never appear. But if they do start to come up, watch out - you could wipe out all of your points.  It will take a little bit of luck, a little bit of strategy, and a whole lot of dice tossing to reach your goal of 100. Victory is up for grabs in Toss Up!

Contents of Toss Up! Dice Game:
10 Toss Up! Dice
Reusable Plastic Click-case
Rules in English and Spanish
TOSS YOUR COOKIES

Toss Your Cookies offers a tasty assortment of cookie cards for the hungry gamer. Players try to gather five of the same cookie by following the dice actions: Pass cookie cards the player next to you, swap with an opponent, or steal the milk.  Watch out for half-eaten cookies that will spoil your set. If you roll the dice and "Toss All" comes up, get ready for an all-out cookie flying frenzy!  Be a cookie monster by being the first to get five of a kind plus the milk card to win!  Toss Your Cookies has won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award, the iParenting Media Award, and is a Dr. Toy's Best Product Award Winner.

Contents of Toss Your Cookies Card Game: 
56 Cookie Cards
2 Custom Dice
Rules in English and Spanish

TREASURE FALLS

Treasure Falls is a raging river race for treasure!  A ship has capsized and treasure chest crates from the ship are headed downstream towards a nearby waterfall.  You must carefully push back the crates before they fall to the bottom.  If you fail, your opponents get the victory point.  Will you be the one to collect the most crates at the bottom of the falls?

Contents of Treasure Falls: 
1 Game Mechanism (the river)
1 Ledge
1 Log
42 Water Chips
13 Treasure Chests
1 Die
Instructions
WORD RALLY

Word Rally is the fast paced word search game!  Shake the cube and try to see how many words you can find in one minute.  This game is all contained in one piece which makes it great for travel.
 
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