421

Goal : Revealing his star by making the best combination with the 3 dices and by moving the tokens.

Game : In the first phase, named "Load", the players distribute the 11 tokens Their goal is to receive the least number of tokens.

In the second phase, the "Unload", they are giving each other tokens and try to give their tokens as fast as possible to reveal their star. A player wins when he succeeded in taking no tokens in load phase or as soon as he reveals his star.

Combinations order is as follow :
1. 421
2. 111
3. 611
4. 666
5. 511
6. 555
7. 411
8. 444
9. 311
10. 333
11. 211
12. 222
13. 654
14. 543
15. 432
16. 321

The other combinations are, by decreasing value, from 665 to 221.

To begin the game, each player throws a dice. The best player begins each turn of the game. We respect the following order : 1, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, the one(1) beats by example the 4.

The player who won the first throw begins by throwing his 3 dices and may throw again another time or twice again by throwing 1, 2 or all dices. He is the only one who can decides the maximum number of throws : 1, 2 or 3. The following player can not exceed this maximum number of throws.

In the load phase, only the player who made the worse combination takes some tokens. The number of tokens he takes is decided by the best combination made on this turn (see the following chart).

If the best combination on this turn is ... then the player who made the worse combination will take :

421 -------------------------- 10 tokens
111 -------------------------- 7 tokens
611 or 666 ------------------- 6 tokens
511 or 555 ------------------- 5 tokens
411 or 444 ------------------- 4 tokens
311 or 333 ------------------- 3 tokens
211 or 222 ------------------- 2 tokens
a sequence -------------------- 2 tokens
any other number ------------- 1 token

By example when the best combination made by a player is 411, the player who made the worse combination takes 4 tokens and move them on his side of the board.

The unload phase begins as soon as the 11 tokens are on the board. Each turn, the player who made the best combination gives some tokens to the player who made the worse combination. The token distribution remains the same. Game stops when one player reveals his star.

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