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'''Farkle''', or '''Farkel''', is a [[List of dice games|dice game]] similar to or synonymous with [[Dice 10000|1000/5000/10000]], [[Cosmic Wimpout]], Greed, Hot Dice,<ref name="sbd">{{Cite web |title=Farkle Rules |url=httphttps://www.smartboxdesignsmartboxgames.com/farklerules.htmlgames/farkle-dice/farkle-dice-rules/ |access-date=24 July 2007 |publisher=Smart Box DesignGames}}</ref> Squelch,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Squelch v1.2 |date=26 September 2007 |url=http://eringal.com/Projects/Squelch |access-date=13 July 2010}}</ref> Zilch,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zilch |url=http://zilch.playr.co.uk/zilch.php |access-date=11 September 2014}}</ref> or Zonk. Its origins as a folk game are unknown, but the game dates back to at least the mid-1980s.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rice |first1=Wayne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cwsPAQAAMAAJ&q=farkle+ |title=Play It!: Over 400 Great Games for Groups |last2=Yaconelli |first2=Mike |date=1986 |publisher=Zondervan |isbn=9780310351917 |page=210 |language=en}}</ref> It has been marketed commercially since 1996 under the brand name '''Pocket Farkel''' by Legendary Games Inc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Farkel maker finds new home |url=http://www.kansas.com/2010/08/05/1433608/farkel-maker-finds-home-for-operations.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723201842/http://www.kansas.com/2010/08/05/1433608/farkel-maker-finds-home-for-operations.html |archive-date=23 July 2013 |access-date=5 August 2010}}</ref><ref name="pocketfarkel">{{Cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions |url=http://www.pocketfarkel.com/frequentquestions.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812072301/http://www.pocketfarkel.com/frequentquestions.html |archive-date=12 August 2011 |access-date=24 July 2007 |publisher=Pocket Farkel}}</ref> While the basic rules are well-established, there is a wide range of variation in both scoring and play.<ref name="sbd"/><ref name="pocketfarkel" /><ref name="bensfriends">{{Cite web |title=My New Favorite Party Game -Farkel |url=http://www.bensfriends.com/crosstraining/archives/2005/07/20/my_new_favorite_party_game_farkel.html |access-date=24 July 2007}}</ref><ref name="Elverson">{{Cite web |title=Farkle Deluxe |url=http://www.elversonpuzzle.com/farkle.html |access-date=24 July 2007 |publisher=Elverson Puzzle}}</ref><ref name="renstore">{{Cite web |title=Farkle, a game of dice |url=http://renstorearticles.blogspot.com/2007/03/farkle-game-of-dice.html |access-date=24 July 2007 |publisher=The Renaissance Store}}</ref>
 
== Equipment ==
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== Play ==
[[File:Farkel.jpg|thumb|College roommates playing Farkle in their dorm, 2010]]
Farkle is played by two or more players, with each player in succession having a turn at throwing the dice. Each player's turn results in a score and the scores for each player accumulate to some winning total (usually 10,000).
 
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*At the end of the player's turn, the dice are handed to the next player in succession (usually in clockwise rotation, viewing the table from above), and they have their turn.
 
Once a player has achieved a winning point total, each other player has ''one'' “last gasp” or last turn to score enough points to surpass that high-score.
 
=== Standard scoring ===
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For example, if a player throws 1–2–3–3–3–5{{die|1}}{{die|2}}{{die|3}}{{die|3}}{{die|3}}{{die|5}}, they could do any of the following:
 
*score three 3s as 300 and then throw the remaining three dice
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Since farkle is a folk game, variant rules are used in different playing communities. While the standard rules described above are widely used, even they are not universal. For example, the commercially marketed game of Pocket Farkel differs in that three 1s are scored as 300 rather than 1000.<ref name="pocketfarkel" /> In addition, some players score one or more combinations of dice beyond the standard ones. Those variations include the following.
 
*NoA scoringroll dicewith areno rolledscoring dice (e.g. 2–2–3–4–6–6) is scored as 500 - sometimes called a farkle.
*Three pair (e.g., 1–1–4–4–6–6) is scored as 500, 600, 750, 1000, or 1500.
*A straight (1–2–3–4–5–6) is scored as 1000, 1200, 1500, or 2500. A short straight (1-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-6) is scored as 500.
*A full house (three-of-a-kind and a pair) is scored as the three-of-a-kind value plus 250. e.g. 3–3–3–2–2 = 550, 4–4–4–3–3 = 650, 5–5–5–1–1 = 750, 1–1–1–3–3 = 1250
*Four, five, and six of a kind are scored in one of 3 ways: adding, doubling, or set value:
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== Video game version ==
 
A video game version of Farkle was announced as one of the six games included with the [[Intellivision Amico]] console.<ref name="6free">{{Cite web |title=Intellivision Amico Pack-in announcement |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh6NSLwmamQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Nh6NSLwmamQ |archive-date=21 December 2021 |access-date=29 March 2020 |publisher=Intellivision Entertainment}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
A video game implementation of Farkle can be found in the popular [[Role-playing video game|RPG]] [[Kingdom Come: Deliverance]]
 
== Related games ==
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