Farkle: Difference between revisions

'''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=http://www.smartboxdesign.com/farklerules.html |access-date=24 July 2007 |publisher=Smart Box Design}}</ref> Squelch,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Squelch v1.2 |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 |last=Rice |first=Wayne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cwsPAQAAMAAJ&dq=farkle+dice+game&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">{{Cite web |title=Farkle Rules |url=http://www.smartboxdesign.com/farklerules.html |access-date=24 July 2007 |publisher=Smart Box Design}}</ref><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>