Glückshaus ''(House of Fortune)'' is a
gambling dice game for multiple players. It is played with two
dice
Dice (singular die or dice) are small, throwable objects with marked sides that can rest in multiple positions. They are used for generating random values, commonly as part of tabletop games, including dice games, board games, role-playing g ...
on a numbered board. The name was coined in the 1960s by
Erwin Glonnegger Erwin Glonnegger (19 May 1925, Aulendorf - 6 February 2016, Ravensburg)
was a German writer and game designer for the company Ravensburger; he was the inventor of the game Concentration
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who also created the modern design of the board by merging older dice games with a staking board for a card game.
Rules
The board is divided in fields numbered from 2 to 12 (with 4 often left out), arranged in the form of the rooms of a house. Each player rolls two dice.
*On a roll of 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 or 11, the player places a coin on the board if that room is empty, or takes the coin if it is occupied.
* If the player rolls
snake eyes, he has rolled a "Lucky Pig" and collects all the coins on the board, except for what lies in room seven.
* If the player rolls a 12, he is "king" ''(König)'' and wins all the coins on the board.
* If the player rolls a 7, there is a "wedding" ''(Hochzeit)'' going on in the room, and one has to put a coin on there no matter what (a
dowry). This builds up a
jackpot
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* A prize, such as a progressive jackpot
* Gardena jackpots, a poker variant
* Jackpot, Nevada, a community on the Nevada–Idaho state border
Comics
* Jackpot (comics), several comic book characters
* ''Jack ...
until the "king" (12) is rolled.
* If playing on a board without a 4, either nothing happens on rolling a 4, or a rule defined before starting the game comes into play (for example a coin is given to the board owner).
The game ends when one player has won all the coins.
References
External links
* http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/1510621
History of board games
Dice games
Gambling games
Traditional board games
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