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• Pig Dice Game Strategy

Play - Bunco, - Ship, captain, and crew, - Pig, - Zonk, or many other dice games in this Dice Playground. There are many popular dice games you can play solo or with up to 3 of your friends using our Dice Playground. You can find many rules of dice games by following this link (http:/. The game of Pig is a multiplayer game played with a single six-sided die. The object of the game is to reach 100 points or more. Play is taken in turns. On each person's turn that person has the option of either: Rolling the dice: where a roll of two to six is added to their score for that turn and the player's turn continues as the player is given the same choice again; or a roll of 1 loses.

Roll the dice to see who goes first. Highest role of the die is the first player.

When a Pig player takes their turn, they can roll the die as many times as they want. Scoring is simple – whatever the number of dots show up on the die, that’s your points for the roll. You keep rolling and accumulating the points. If you roll a 3, then a 5, then a 2, and then a 6 your points so far would be 3 + 5 + 2 + 6 = 16.

The only exception to the above scoring – in Pig – is rolling a 1 on the die. If you roll a 1, your turn ends immediately, and you lose all the points for just that turn. You don’t lose points from previous turns, only the current turn.

The dice is then passed along to the next Pig player.

Here’s where the jeopardy or chance common with many dice games comes into play. At any point during their turn, a Pig player can choose to stop rolling the die (called “holding”) and add their current points to their overall score.

As mentioned already, the first player to reach 100 or more points is the winner.

When a player reaches a total of 100 or more points, the game ends and that player is the winner.

Pig was was first recorded by the American magician John Scarne in the 1940s. It can help players develop skills in arithmetic and strategy. Teacher Peter Kane recommends it as an alternative way to get pupils doing maths. He suggests playing the game with the whole class during Maths Week as a Maths Week activity. Afterwards, teachers can download and print Pig certificates from our website for participating students. After reviewing the rules below, students should be ready to roll!

An online version was developed by Maths Week for pupils of all ages and can be played in teams of 2 – 6 players.

Click on the image of the playing screen

There are 2 levels:
Basic PIG game – suitable for 3rd and 4th classes (need 1 die for each group)
MULTIPIGATION game – more challenging for 5th & 6th Class. (dice needed for each group)

Basic PIG
PIG is a game for 2 to 6 players.

1. Players take turns with a die.
2. On a player’s turn he/she can roll a die as many times as they like.
3. If a roll is a 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, the player adds that many points to their score for the turn.
4. A player may choose to end their turn at any time and “bank” their points.
5. If a player rolls a 1, they lose all their unbanked points and their turn is over.

Beginner’s Game: The first player to score 50 or more points wins.
Advanced Game: The first player to score 100 or more points wins.

The multPIGation game will stretch the pupils a bit more.
This is similar to basic PIG but players throw 2 die and multiply the two scores.
Even number can be banked but odd answer loses point/turn.

See also Monster Game: a similar game that you can make up yourself and doesn’t require dice. Click on the picture to see instructions.

Pig Dice Game Strategy

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