so play zonk - part 2

My dearest sister bought me a set of dice for ZONK, and even made a lovely matchbox to fit them. I of course got the box stuck in the door to the game cabinet and had to replace it. I cut pieces of scrap illustration board to make a foldover box.

It's amazing what a little bit of glue and bookcloth can do.

Another great find, these thin adhesive magnets. They are really strong, and perfect to hold the flap of the box down. I put them underneath the bookcloth.

After putting the magnets on, I laid out all the pieces on bookcloth covered in glue.

After I wrapped up all the pieces, I lined the box in some scrap paper left over from the R.

So now, the box closes with a nice magnet, and fits the instruction sheet.

I'm sure I will destroy it accidentally any time now.

so play zonk - part 1

A while back a friend brought the game ZONK into our weekly game night. It only needs six dice to play, and is fast paced enough to wake us up when it's late.

I've put the instructions below, OR if you want, click on the image above to download a printable pdf (front and back) with instructions tiny enough to fit in with your dice. Give it a try, and I bet you'll like it.

To Play

Each player takes turns throwing six dice. They remove the scoring dice from the original six, and choose whether or not to roll the unscoring dice again. If/when there are no unscoring dice, the player can to roll all six, adding the new 
scoring dice. A roll with no scoring dice is a ZONK and ends the players round with no score.

To Begin

All players must score 500+ points in a round without Zonking to get on the board. After, each player chooses when to end their turn, 
and their ending score is added to their total.

The End

When a player reaches 9,500+ points, they can
not stop rolling till they reach or exceed 10,000 pts. Each remaining player gets one chance to beat that score.

Scoring

• Six of a kind = INSTANT WIN!

• Six dice straight = 2500 pts

• Two triplets = 1500 pts

• Three pairs = 1000 pts

• Three of a kind = # x 100 pts

(Three 1’s = 1000 pts)

• Each 1 = 100 pts

• Each 5 = 50 pts

I heart games.

Sorry I haven't posted in a little while- It's because the shop has been taking up all my time. (That's right, click on the link for a sneak peak before I start announcing it to the world.)

I had several setbacks in the shop setup, including the realization that my camera just wasn't going to cut it. So I got a nice, new Rebel, and now I get to figure out how to use it. Learning curve!

Last night I was playing games with Patrick and our friends, and I took this shot, which is OKAY... but it's gonna take some practice for sure.

Have I mentioned how much I love games? Maybe there's a future career there....

(Shot is my skyscraper on low-cost purples. Mega Monopoly is mega fun. Mrs. H does not agree. )

I made a score pad

While I am spending the morning at home, trying to remind myself that life is worth living (even though there are headaches), I thought I would share the project I finished last night.

Using my trusty paper cutter, laser printer, padding compound, and scrap paper (collected by good people) I made a score pad for Rook Shanghai.

Rachel (of Camp Smartypants fame) introduced this game to the crowd at a game night, and it's become one of my favorites because you have to use your brain, it's faster than Phase 10, and I sometimes win.

A couple of notes -

•To obscure the original purpose of the paper, I scanned and printed a playing card pattern across the "bad" side.

•I used 2 BIG playing cards, spraymounted together, as a backing to the pad.

•The little pens came from Office Depot. They are sooooo ccuuuutttteee.

•To make the hole for the pen to fit in, I punched two round holes and cut with an Xacto knife to connect them.

Yay for game playing.

I (finally) made a marble board

{whew}

I have (almost) made a Marble Board

I worked on this Marble Board all weekend long. Unfortunately, there were a few mistakes, and so it's taken more time than I had hoped (thus the expressive sock puppet). Click here to see the process. I hope to have pics of the finished board up soon.

Oh, did I mention my scanner bit the big one? Thank goodness Patrick was taking care of me, as usual.