PLYT Joker is a strategic and fun game where you have to use PLYT cards to win.

• At the start of the game shuffle the PLYT cards and deal each player 5 cards and put the remaining pile in the middle of the board. Players can look at their cards but keep them hidden from their opponents.
• Play the game like normal PLYT but ignore the PLYT Check Point squares (until you have used all your 5 PLYT cards).
• Each player MUST use all the 5 cards they’ve been dealt during the game – but it’s up to them when they choose to use them. Cards can only be used after providing a correct answer to a dice roll.
• Used cards are placed at the bottom of the pile.
• Once a player has used all 5 of their dealt cards, if they land on a PLYT square they can take a card and act on it (as with normal PLYT).
• The first player to reach the winners square having used all their PLYT cards wins the game – and don’t forget you can’t use a card to enter the winner square.

A short game that just requires the dice, tray and sand timer – a good quick game when you’re out and about.

Knockout PLYT is a game where each round sees the lowest scorer leaving the game until there is a winner. Each player throws the master dice only (starting with the youngest first). Then in the same order, the players throw as many dice as they think will get them through to the next round. Players play to their Standard with a bonus for throwing more. If you get it right, you score the original master dice plus any bonus. If you get it wrong, you score zero points.

e.g. Players A, B and C with Standards of 3, 4 and 4, playing with a bonus of 4.

Each player rolls the Master Dice and this reveals 5, 7 and 2.

Player A decides to throw 4 dice to try to earn a bonus score to try to put pressure on player C. Getting their answer correct gives them a score of 5+4 = 9. Player B follows but sticks with 4 dice and ends up with a score of 7. Player C now knows they must throw at least 2 dice above Standard to get through to the next round. Player C attempts 6 dice, but unfortunately runs out of time.

Player C leaves the game and A & B continue.

The game continues with the next youngest player being the first to throw the master dice and take their throw. This continues until there is a winner. In the event of a tied score, those players only take another turn throwing a new master dice and their chosen number of dice.

We usually play with 4 players and it takes about 5-10 minutes to determine the winner. So it’s very quick, but obviously once you’re out, you’re out.

Instead of multiplying the dice why not try to add them as fractions within the time.

Assume each dice is the denominator of a simple fraction. The task is to add them within the time.  Again you can choose how many dice “fractions” you add – making sure one is the master dice – and if you get it right within the time you move forward as normal. You can play to standards and have a bonus exactly like the normal game

e.g. if you throw 3 dice – a 6 (the master dice), an 8 and a 2 the task is to add up 1/6 + 1/8 + 1/2 withing the time. If you call out 19/24 you can then move forward by the master dice of 6.

This is where you practise multiplying a fraction by a whole number and then reducing it to its lowest common denominator within the time.

Firstly you need to set your fraction so start by rolling the master dice plus one red dice. The master dice is the denominator and the red dice is the nominator creating your basic fraction, then roll any number of other dice and multiply those dice by this fraction.

If you get it right within the time you move forward as normal. You can play to standards and have a bonus exactly like the normal game

e.g. if you roll a master of 7, and a red dice 5 you start with the fraction 5/7. If you then roll another red dice of 8 you need to multiply 5/7 x 8. If you calculate that is 40/7 and then reduced that to its lowest level of 5 5/7 you can then move forward by the master dice of 7.

This is a more strategic game than conventional PLYT and is ideal for 3 teams (each of 2 players), but can easily be played with 2 teams.

The principles are exactly the same as conventional PLYT but each team has two playing pieces. Turns are taken as normal in a clockwise manner – Team A player 1, then Team B player 1, Team C player 1 and then back to Team A player 2 etc – and each player must answer their roll as an individual, playing to their own Standard, without any help from their team mate.

If a player on their turn gets the question right they can move either of their playing pieces as they wish and the game is won when both pieces have made it to the Winner square at the top of PLYT mountain.

The key to the game is working out which piece is better to move strategically. Do you make a dash to try to get one piece in first or do you move both so they work their way up the PLYT mountain together?

To add a little more spice you can also include the option where one member of a team chooses the number of dice their partner will roll. Do they trust you to go for the bonus ? Will they push you too hard ?

A highly competitive fun game, loved by older kids and adults that only takes about 5 minutes to play – and can get a bit loud.

It is best played if you have more than one tray and set of dice – in other words if you and your friends have more than one copy of the game.

Two or more players will start from square 90 (it can really be any square depending how long you want the game to last). Each player has an agreed standard. One player gives the signal to roll “3-2-1 go” and the players roll their dice into their tray simultaneously. The first player to shout out their answer stops the game. If the answer is correct they move forward by the master score, but if they get it wrong they move back by the master score.

The first player to make it to Winner square at the top of PLYT mountain wins the game.