If Dice Game does it....

[clemon79]

Make it a Fluxx deck and I'm in.

Also, the world would finally have a justifiable use for a Fluxx deck.

[Mr. Armadillo]

As for Lucky $even, while they don't have any zeros in the price now, I suppose they can bring that back at anytime. But honestly, how long has it been since anyone has called a zero in Lucky $even anyway? It just doesn't seem like an appealing number, and I think contestants realize how confusing it can be so they avoid it as well.

The last I saw it was during one of the 2008 MDS's.  Contestant tried to call 0 for the last digit, but Drew talked her out of it...not because there are no zeroes, but because she had $1 left to spend, so 1 was a strictly better guess than 0.

/the last digit was 1
//saved her .28 gallons of fuel for her new car

[Neumms]

I think we're on to something here. I think Card Game is in for a radical change, too. I think they should start using a Pinochle deck.

Make it a Fluxx deck and I'm in.  "You also need a baked potato to stop bidding."

Old grievance, but they should either fix Card Game or get rid of it. If you can make an ace any number you want, it becomes "guess the price of this car." Sure, it's a fitting pricing game, but goes against the fabric of the show and the idea of cards. Rule should go return to the original $100 or $1100.

[clemon79]

Making the Aces wild wasn't the problem (especially during a time where it was possible to pull a $200 range card); putting no ceiling on their value was what reduced the game to a "what's the price of the car" exercise. I remember a time when Aces were played when they were drawn (so none of this "hold them aside" crap, since most folks forgot they had one in their pocket anyway), and were wild, but only up to $1000. That made it an interesting decision, and especially if one was drawn near a time when the contestant was likely to stop.

[alfonzos]

With Dice Game, it is a rule. With Lucky Seven and Ten Chances, it is a practice. Besides, with eighty games in the repertoire, the producers are trying to make each look and play differently than the others. Example: there are at least three games where players can take a cash offer or play for the car. In Gas Money, that offer escalates. In Spelling Bee that offer deescalates. In Let 'em Roll, that offer fluctuates.

[clemon79]

With Dice Game, it is a rule. With Lucky Seven and Ten Chances, it is a practice.

This is the best and most concise answer to the question that I have seen. Well put.

[SuperMatch93]

Make it a Fluxx deck and I'm in.  "You also need a baked potato to stop bidding."

Or a Set deck:

"You must be three solid diamonds away from the price without going over."

[Steve Gavazzi]

Rule should go return to the original $100 or $1100.

That was never the rule.  The only other version of the rule they've had is the one Chris L. described.

[clemon79]

That was never the rule.  The only other version of the rule they've had is the one Chris L. described.

I suspected this but I didn't want to call bullshiat unless I was 100% sure.

[jjman920]

I think we're on to something here. I think Card Game is in for a radical change, too. I think they should start using a Pinochle deck.

Make it a Fluxx deck and I'm in.  "You also need a baked potato to stop bidding."

Old grievance, but they should either fix Card Game or get rid of it.

Well considering they haven't played the game in 4 months, maybe they're thinking about it.

[Bob Zager]

I'd been "toying," the idea of a different way to play "Dice Game," but never mentioned it, because I figured the rules will never change!

But here's what I'd thought:

Instead of four individual dies, use a special pair of dice, that might remind you of the ones on "Big Showdown."  Instead of having dots on the dice, have numbers on the dice.

-- One die with the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 --
-- the other with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 --
-- and on one side of each die, a special symbol (like the "tulip," or maybe a picture of Drew Carey) --

The gameboard would have to be modified, somehow, to display the number rolled, since you'd be using the same dice on each turn.

Like on "Big Showdown," if one of the special symbol comes up in a roll, the number on the other die is cast as the number rolled.

Under this concept, it would be theoretically possible to roll any number from 0 through 9 with this special pair, and thus, possible to play the game using prices with zeros and numbers higher than six.  

Oh, and if a double "symbol" is rolled, you'd automatically WIN the car!

As the old saying goes: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," so I'm sure "Dice Game," will continue as it is!

[parliboy]

I'd been "toying," the idea of a different way to play "Dice Game," but never mentioned it, because I figured the rules will never change!

*SNIP*

Because someone else will do it if I don't:

[font="Lucida Console"]---[color="#FF0000"] 0  1  2  3  4  5[/color]
--+----------------
[/font][font="Lucida Console"][color="#FF0000"]0[/color] | w  1  2  3  4  5
[color="#FF0000"]0[/color] | 0  1  2  3  4  5
[color="#FF0000"]1[/color] | 1  2  3  4  5  6
[color="#FF0000"]2[/color] | 2  3  4  5  6  7
[color="#FF0000"]3[/color] | 3  4  5  6  7  8
[color="#FF0000"]4[/color] | 4  5  6  7  8  9[/font]

0   |  1
1   |  3
2   |  4
3   |  5
4   |  6
5   |  6
6   |  4
7   |  3
8   |  2
9   |  1

The bell curve is not this game's friend.

[TLEberle]

The bell curve is not this game's friend.

So essentially you're rolling the bonus answer dice from Outburst is what it looks like.

[clemon79]

So essentially you're rolling the bonus answer dice from Outburst is what it looks like.

Huh? Every Outburst I've ever seen comes with a d10 and a d3.

[TLEberle]

Huh? Every Outburst I've ever seen comes with a d10 and a d3.

I had an early edition of Outburst that came in a long box, a cribbage board to count the score, and to determine the bonus answer you rolled two d6 (0-5) and added them.

Yes, you could play Dice Game with d20s (0-9 twice), but you lose so much of the awesome chrome and look of the game that it is better to use d6s and exclude the 8,700 possible prices that won't fit the game.