Casino Hot Dog
Casino Hot Dog Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
- 1 game board
- 4 play figures
- 4 little fabric bags
- 36 betting chips
- 2 dice
- Set of game instructions
Game Idea
Each player has nine betting chips in his bag. All players pull out a chip and try to get a high score. Whoever thinks it is too risky to pull out another chip, can voluntarily opt out.
But watch out, as there is one chip which features a picture of a doggie doo doo! If a player pulls it out, he drops out of the round. At the end of the round the two players with the highest scores can move their figures on the game board.
The aim of the game is to reach the kennel (= target square) first.
Preparation of the Game
Place the game board in the center of the table. Each player gets a dog, a bag and nine betting chips of the same color.
Place the dogs on the game board on the table (= starting square) and the nine chips in your bag. Shake the bag so the chips are well shuffled.
Get both dice ready.
The board has a target square (the kennel), bone squares, and a starting square.
How to Play
Whoever can put on the coolest betting face, starts the game. If you cannot agree, the youngest player starts by rolling both dice simultaneously.
The dice indicate how far you can move the dogs in this round. But first let's play poker.
Playing a Round
A round is made up of the following four steps:
Step 1. Draw a chip
The players play simultaneously! Each player pulls a chip out of the bag and keeps it hidden in his fist until everybody has pulled one out. Then each player places his chip face-up in front of him.
On the chip appears:
- A number or the duplicate sign "· 2"? Good luck! Keep the chip in front of you.
- A doggie doo doo? Bad luck! You've pushed your luck too far and have to drop out of this round. Place the chip back in your bag.
Hint: Later, when you have played step 2 several times and there are several chips in front of you, you will have to put all of these chips back into your bag.
Step 2. Pull out another chip or opt out!
The players still in the round stick their hand into the bag and ...
- ... pull out another chip and hide it in their fist.
Or
- ... pretend to pull one out but in reality have an empty fist. That's how they show that they want to opt out and assure the score of the chips they have at this moment.
Watch out: If a player has only the chip "· 2" in front of him he can not yet opt out and must pull another chip out of the bag.
Step 2 "Pull out another chip or opt out!" is repeated as many times as it takes until all the players have opted out or pulled out the doggie doo doo chip.
Step 3. Scoring
The players who have not pulled out a doggie doo doo chip add up the points on their chips. If you have the chip "· 2" you first add up your points and then double the score.
Step 4. Move dogs
The two players with the two highest scores may now move their dogs. The player with the highest score decides on one of the dice. This chosen die shows:
- a number of dots = move your dog the corresponding number of squares.
- the golden bone = move your dog up to the next golden bone square.
Then the player with the second highest score moves his dog according to what the other die shows.
Important: If there is only one player left to score points he can choose either of the two dice to move his dog.
Important Hints:
- Doggie Doo Doo chip: if all the players have pulled out the doggie doo doo chip in one round, no player can move their game figure.
- Draw: In one round no more than two players can move their dog. If two players are in a draw, the seating order of these two players decides: the one closest, in a clockwise direction, to the starting player who rolled the dice, has priority.
Then the dice are passed on to the next player in a clockwise direction, who then becomes the starting player of the next round.
End of the Game
The game ends as soon a player has moved his dog to the kennel or past it, thus winning the game.
Variation for Younger Bettors
Play according to the rules of the basic game, but without the duplicate chip "· 2". Before starting to play, each player returns this chip back into the game box.