Mississippi Marbles
This is a fun game we learned to play in Venezuela. We have never heard of the game before and no one knows where it originated. To play all you need are 2 to 8 players and 6 dice. To start the game everybody rolls the dice, highest score starts. You then have to roll a total of 700 points to meld the game. To do so roll the six dice, take out the ones or fives and keep rolling adding up the points. (Keep in mind that if you for instant roll two 1 and one 5, take only one or both 1 and leave the 5, this way you have 4 to 5 dice left to roll a higher score). If you roll no more 1 or 5 you loose turn and accumulated points for that roll. If you have one dice left and roll a 1 or 5 you get to pick up all six dice again and roll. You roll until you get the 700 points. Done so you immediately start rolling for points. Keep in mind whenever you turn all dice into points you can roll all of them again.The first player to reach 11 000 points is not the winner yet, but it give everybody one more chance to roll and outdo the maybe winner. For instance if highest roller has 11 200 points but the second highest roller has 10 900 keep rolling to get higher point or bust, because it is easier to roll 300 points to win the game. you. If the second highest roller has 10 000 points or around that it's good to quit at 11 200 but remember it's gambling you can still get beat.
To meld you need 700
11,000 wins
1 = 100
5 = 50
3 x 1 = 500
3 x 2 = 200
3 x 3 = 300
3 x 4 = 400
3 x 5 = 500
3 x 6 = 600
Straight 2000
4 of kind 1000
4 of 2 = bust
5 of kind 3000
6 of kind 5000
SHIT HEAD
Two sets of cards are needed, Jokers removed. Everybody pick one card, highest card will start dealing. Dealer deals each player three cards down (you cannot look at these cards), three up which are place on each of the three down cards and three down hand cards which you can look at. Each player then can change the up cards to higher card he or she is holding in hand (2, 10 and highest cards are best). Rest of pile is placed in middle and top card is opened. Person to the left of dealer starts playing by playing a higher card than the one shown. After each play you need to pick a new card, players must have three cards in hand at all times.
If you have more than one card of a kind you can play up to 4, or if a player plays two or three cards of a kind and the next players cover that one to 4 cards the whole discard pile goes away and will not be used again and new pile starts.
If a player can’t play he or she has to pick up the whole pile of cards players are playing on and does not get to play this round.
2s are a wild card and can be played at any time.
10s are also wild but will remove the whole pile. Whenever a discard pile is removed the player responsible gets to play again whether a then or four of a kind has been played.
If a seven has been played the next player must play lower than a 7 then play resumes to higher card.
When the pile of draw cards in the middle is gone keep playing until all cards in player’s hand is gone, only then player can start playing the up cards and last the down cards which are plaid blind, no cheating. While playing the up and down cards if a player has to pick up the discard pile he or she cannot play the up and down cards until all cards in player’s hands are gone again. The last player with cards is the “Shit Head”.
“Shit Head” deals the next round.
