Centennial Dice Game

The Centennial Dice Game - also known as "Ohio" or "Martinetti. This game is played with three dice on a simple board consisting of a row of 12 numbered squares that can be drawn on a piece of paper. Players must write their positions on this board using tokens, initials, or distinguishable coins as markers.

How to play?

The goal of this game is to go from a 1 on the board to a 12 and then back to a 1, in a specific sequence. Each player rolls three dice in turn and moves to square 1 if the roll results in a 1. To move to square 2, the roll must contain either a 2 or a 2, and to move to square 3, the roll must contain either a 3 or three 1s or 2 and 1, and so on. You can calculate the value of any single die as the sum of any two and the sum of all three.

A player may move more than one position in one turn using more than one combination of die values. For example, if a player rolls 1, 2 and 4 on his first turn, he can use 1 to move to position 1 on the board; 2 moves them to position 2; 2 and 1 together to position 3; 4 to position 4; 4 and 1 to position 5; 4 and 2 to position 6; and the sum of 1, 2 and 4 moves them to position 7.

A player may also move if his opponent misses the number he needs. In this case, any other player who requires the same number may demand it if he does so once the dice are passed.

The winner is the player who is the first to circumnavigate from position 1 to position 12 and back to position 1.

In addition, the player may be allowed an additional roll each time he manages to move his marker.