Glückshaus

Glückshaus (House of Fortune) is a medieval gambling dice game for multiple players. It is played with two dice on a numbered board.

Glückshaus board

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 until the "king" (12) is rolled.
  • If playing on a board with 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.

gollark: Maybe your password is to become the nontrivial zeroes of the Riemann zeta function then.
gollark: This is acceptable apart from the rounded corners.
gollark: Well, it should be "record" and "play" buttons which are unrounded and flat in color, and then a rectangle to type search queries into.
gollark: 1. rounded corners are actually the enemy of mankind, so you're committing heresy2. see how it lacks a "maximize" button in the topright, and also uses nonnative buttons for some reason?3. perhaps4. heresy²5. too bad, it should not have menus if it can fit stuff directly
gollark: Offer your soul to their obviously superior development team?
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