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PIG
[source: Skip Frey, "How to Win at Dice Games"]


"Pig" is an amusing game of chance and strategy suitable for a family
or social gathering.

Playing Time: From 5 to 15 minutes, depending on the number of players
and the point goal.

Number of Players: Any number of players may participate.  The game is
well suited for an audience of kibitzers.

Number of Dice: Two.
Equipment: Score sheet; dice cup.
Object of Game: To reach 100 points.
Score Sheet: A score sheet like the one below should be used 
so that the running total will indicate when a player 
reaches the point goal.

+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+-------+
|		|   Player A	|   Player B	|   Player C	|etc.	|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
| lst inning	|		|		|		|       |
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
| 2nd inning	|		|		|		|       |
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
| Total for lst	|		|		|		|       |
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
| & 2nd innings	|		|		|		|       |
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
| 3rd inning	|		|		|		|       |
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
| etc.		|		|		|		|       |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+-------+


The Play: The first player rolls two dice.  If he throws an ace (1) he
does not score, and he must pass the dice to the next player.  If he
throws any other number, he scores that number of points.  Or he may
continue to roll.

Points are accumulated by adding together the face values of all dice
thrown in a player's turn.  A player may make as many throws as he
wishes in each turn; but if he throws an ace on any cast, he loses all
his points for that turn and passes the dice to the next player.

A player may elect to stop his turn at any time, scoring his total for
that turn and passing the dice to the next player.

The first player to reach 100 points is the winner, but the complete
inning must be played out.  So if Player A scores 105 and quits,
Player B gets his turn.  If Player B scores 107, Player B beats Player
A. But he may be beaten out by Player C. The game is not completed
until the inning is fully completed.  A throw of a double, such as two
I's, or two 2's, or two 3's, is a bonus throw.

If a player throws two 2's, two 3's, two 4's, two 5's, or two 6's, he
scores double the value of the dice shown.  Thus a throw of two 5's,
which ordinarily would be 10, turns into a score of 20; a throw of two
3's, which ordinarily would count 6, turns into a score of 12.

But a throw of two l's simply scores 25 outright.

Strategy: The last player knows how his opponents have fared and may
adjust his strategy accordingly.  Of course, we all know what can
happen to the best laid plans of mice and men, and the success of an
earlier player might force a later one to press his luck too far and
wipe out a fairly promising turn with a throw of an ace.

Editor's note: This game is sometimes played with special dice that
have a skull instead of an ace, known as DEATH DICE.