Comments on: Farkle Dice – Palm OS Game http://the-gadgeteer.com/2007/03/22/farkle_dice_palm_os_game/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Sat, 26 May 2012 18:07:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: madkins007 http://the-gadgeteer.com/2007/03/22/farkle_dice_palm_os_game/comment-page-1/#comment-23747 madkins007 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:29:33 +0000 #comment-23747 Reidme- I have not done it with the 5 die version, but we've done the variation with 3 of a kind = 100 times the value 4 of a kind = 100 times the value, doubled 5 of a kind = doubled again 6 of a kind = automatic loss! (It seems to me this version is called 'blotto' or something like that.) I'm with ya on the variations- I wish more games offered more play variations. For example, if I ever find a Backgammon game that could handle 'Acey Duecy', I'm getting it! I'm also with ya on the 'chicken' aspect. Somehow, it seems as if these non-virtual games (what do you call them, something like 'reel life'?) always have some aspects that the virtual games miss- human interaction, for example. I can't stand poker-type games in the virtual world- remove the humans and I think you rip the heart out of certain games. Reidme- I have not done it with the 5 die version, but we’ve done the variation with
3 of a kind = 100 times the value
4 of a kind = 100 times the value, doubled
5 of a kind = doubled again
6 of a kind = automatic loss! (It seems to me this version is called ‘blotto’ or something like that.)

I’m with ya on the variations- I wish more games offered more play variations. For example, if I ever find a Backgammon game that could handle ‘Acey Duecy’, I’m getting it!

I’m also with ya on the ‘chicken’ aspect. Somehow, it seems as if these non-virtual games (what do you call them, something like ‘reel life’?) always have some aspects that the virtual games miss- human interaction, for example. I can’t stand poker-type games in the virtual world- remove the humans and I think you rip the heart out of certain games.

]]> By: reidme http://the-gadgeteer.com/2007/03/22/farkle_dice_palm_os_game/comment-page-1/#comment-23746 reidme Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:18:51 +0000 #comment-23746 Nice review. I downloaded the trial and may end up buying it. The graphics and sounds are pleasing, but I do wish it had a few more options for variations of the game. The game I'm used to uses 5 dice and extra matches double the score. For example, three twos is 200 points, four twos is 400 points, and five twos is 800 points. That means five ones is a whopping 4000 points! :D Another feature of the non-virtual game is your friends chiding you as a chicken if you cop-out for an easy score. A real man always rolls that last dice! Nice review. I downloaded the trial and may end up buying it. The graphics and sounds are pleasing, but I do wish it had a few more options for variations of the game. The game I’m used to uses 5 dice and extra matches double the score. For example, three twos is 200 points, four twos is 400 points, and five twos is 800 points. That means five ones is a whopping 4000 points! :D

Another feature of the non-virtual game is your friends chiding you as a chicken if you cop-out for an easy score. A real man always rolls that last dice!

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