Everest is a fun easy dice game that the whole family can play together.
It’s no secret that we love dice games in our family. When I found Everest, I thought it might be too similar to our favorite Ohio. Although it is similar, it has it’s differences too.
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What you Need
To play Everest, you need thee dice and a score board. The score board has the numbers 1 to 12 and then 12 to 1 for each player.
You can get your free copy of the Everest score sheet from our Fun Library. You can get your password in the black box below.
The Object of Everest
The object of Everest is to be the first player to cross off all our numbers on the score sheet.
Playing Everest
On your turn, you roll all three dice and then you decide what numbers you would like to cross off your score sheet. Rolled numbers can be used as the number themselves or added together to get a sum. You can add two dice together and take the third dice as the number rolled. Or you could add all three dice together. However you choose to use your dice, a dice can only be used once per turn.
For example, if a player rolls 1, 2, 4 then she can cross off a 1, 2, and 4. Or she could cross off a 5 and a 2. Or a 1 and a 6. She could cross off a 7. She could not cross off a 5 and a 6.
Not Being Able to Cross Off
When a player rolls and can use neither the sum of any dice nor the numbers rolled, then his turn is over and play moves to the next player.
Winning Everest
To win Everest, a player must be the first to cross off all the numbers from 1 to 12 and from 12 to 1.
Conclusion
Although Everest is similar to Ohio, it is different enough to be its own game. The big difference is that a player can cross off any number at any time as opposed to Ohio where you need to get the numbers in order. Everest is a simple game that anyone who is able to add can play, in fact it makes great math practice as well as probability.
You can read how to play Ohio here. If you like these games then check out Golf dice, Tug of War dice and Round the Clock. Visit our Family Game Shelf Shop for tons of fun with seasonal and original games.
And what makes dice games more fun? If everyone has their own colored dice. You can get your here. Canadians can find some here.
You can find more great dice games in our dice game section.
For even more family fun, dowload our FREE Quick Play Refernce book for dice games in our reference library! This booklet is handy to have on hand as a reference to our favorite dice games.
If you’re looking for more games to play on family game night, check out our game reviews and our card games too.
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