If you’ve looked around Family Game Self, then you know that we love dice games. We don’t just like playing dice games, but we also love making dice games to share with you our fellow game lover! Games like Lazy Dice, Tiki Totem Pole, Volcano and my personal favorite Whacky Putt the indoor mini golf game. Today we’ve been at it again and want to share our STAIRS dice game with you.
STAIRS is an easy to learn game for any number of players and players of all ages can play. So get your climbing shoes on and we’ll tell you what you need, how to play and a variation of our new game.
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What You Need for STAIRS Dice Game
To play, you will need six dice per player. (If you don’t have that many dice you can shop here; Canadians, here or you can scroll down to the variation to see how to play with less dice.) You will also need a pen and paper to keep score.
The Story
Oh no! You’re down at the dock and you’ve forgotten something in the cottage. You must now race your opponents to be the first one up all those stairs and be the hero of the dock.
Playing STAIRS
To start, everyone rolls all of their dice at the same time. The aim is to get the numbers 1 to 6 in order.
When a player rolls all of her dice and there is a one, she sets that dice on the side. If there is a two she can set that dice aside too. She can also set aside any of the other numbers as long as the one before it is already set aside. For example, if a player has rolled a 1, 2, 4 she can set aside the 1 and 2 but not the 4 as there is no 3 yet. When all of her useable dice are set aside, she rolls the remaining dice and tries to get the rest of the numbers in order.
When a player has rolled all of the number from 1 to 6, the round is over. The player who was the first to get the straight gets the letter S under her name.
Now the second round starts. All players start over and roll all of their dice, again trying to be the first to roll the straight in the same way.
If the player who has an S under his name wins the next round, he gets a T under his name. If the winning player has no letter, then he receives an S. Letters are collected in order to spell STAIRS.
Winning STAIRS Dice Game
The first player to collect all of the letters in STAIRS is the winner. She has reached the cottage first and collects the missing item and returns to the dock as a hero.
STAIRS Variations
If you don’t have enough dice on hand for everyone to have six dice, then you can play STAIRS this way. Each player needs to have just one die. All players roll at the same time as before. Players need to roll a one before rolling a two. They need to roll the numbers 1 to 6 in order. The first player to get all the numbers wins the round and receives a letter. When the new round begins, all player must start at one again.
All Climbed Out
We hope you’ve liked our cottage inspired dice game. Everyone knows that cottages always have what seems to be a huge set of stairs and the groans that happen when you forget something in the cottage can be heard all the way home.
If you loved this game, check out our Cottage Dice Delights book on Amazon (Canadians here). Its 11 fun filled dice games all with a special cottage theme, including STAIRS. It’s the prefect companion for any summer game time. Get your copy today!
You can check out our other cottage inspired dice game Lazy Dice here and be sure to try our Tennis Dice, Save the Turtles and other original games. Looking for even more fun? Visit our Family Game Shelf shop for seasonal and original games to make family game night epic.
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