a splendiferous dice game
for 1-7 dwarves
ages 7 and up.
Introduction
As usual there is a much chaos with the seven dwarves! Help Bubi, Cloudy, Cooky, Ralphy, Speedy, Sunny and
Tschakko to bring some order into their tumultuous lives: Get all the dwarves to perfectly line up by their size!
Can you do it best?
Components
3 game board pieces
14 betting tokens in pointed hat form
Setup
Flow of Play
First, connect the game board pieces with the puzzle nose; put the
third piece into the appropriate slot (the side you choose does not
matter for now).
Each player gets the 2 betting tokens in the color of his choice.
(The color of the betting tokens have nothing to do with the color
of the dice.) Get a pen and piece of paper to note the points you
will receive later on. Let the smallest player start the game – he
takes the 7 dice.
You can find the following important areas on the game board
pieces: The dice row consisting of 7 dwarf spots (1a) and 2 evasion
spots (1b); each dwarf spot has one color associated with it (2);
betting area (3); Dragon’s Lair (4).
3
1b
7 dice in 7 colors
4
1a
1b
2
Goal of the Game
One of you will always be the active player. He will throw the
7 dice, but always one die after another and in the order of his
choice. It will be the goal to be able to put all 7 dice on the dice
row in either ascending or descending order. Ideally, you will be
able to also match the color of the die with the associated color of
the dwarf spot. After 3 dice have been placed, all the other players
will be able to bet on the outcome: will the active player be able
to place all the dice on the dice row or not? After all bets have
been placed the active player will continue placing the remaining
4 dice - one after the other. Now a scoring will happen: the active
player will receive points according to how well he performed and
the betting players will receive points, if they wagered correctly.
The player with all 7 dice in front of him is called the active player.
Only after the active player has thrown and placed all 7 dice and
a scoring occurred will the active player change. Then the next
player in clockwise order will receive the 7 dice and be the active
player. If you are the active player, follow these steps in order:
1st Die:
Take any one die and throw it. Decide on which spot you wish to
place the die. Consider these two things while placing the die:
A) It will be your goal to place all 7 dice onto the dice row of 9
spots. Only then will you score the 7 bonus points. Take note,
however, that all dice will have to be in either ascending or
descending order – and once a die has been placed on a spot
it cannot be removed until after scoring has taken
place.
B) Additionally you should try to match the color of the
die to the color associated with the dwarf spot on
which you place it. For each color match you will
score 1 bonus point during scoring.
2nd Die:
Choose a 2nd die to throw and then place it on an available spot
spot (still without a die) on the dice row. You now have to choose if
all dice will be ascending or descending. Put the remaining game
board piece into the slot according to your choice:
Do you want to place the dice in ascending order – so the lowest
number on the left of the dice row and the largest on the right
side? Use the side of the game board piece where the smallest of
the dwarves is on the left, and the largest of the dwarves on the
right. Do you want to place the dice in descending order? Use the
opposite side of the game board piece.
Exception: If the result of the 2nd die is identical to the 1st, you
don’t have to decide yet. Only when you first throw a die with a
different result, do you have to decide in which order you want to
place your dice and therefore have to switch the game board piece
to the appropriate side.
3rd Die:
Now throw and place the 3rd die on another available spot, as you
have done before.
Betting: Before you can continue
playing,
however,
all
your
opponents now have to place a
bet: Will you manage to place all
your 7 dice on the dice row or not?
All the players who think you will
succeed, take the pointed hat token
of their color with the green check mark and place it face down
on the betting area (so that nobody will know what your bet was).
Players who believe you will not succeed place the token with the
red cross face down instead.
4th to 7th Die:
Now you can continue throwing and placing the rest of the dice
one after the other like you did before.
Additional Dice Placement rules:
While placing dice you only have to take note of the ascending or
descending order on the dice row. Dice that are next to each other
may have an identical number on top, or any amount that is higher
or lower, depending on your choice.
Scoring:
Once you have thrown and placed all 7 dice a scoring will occur.
These points can be scored: If you have managed to place all 7
dice on the dice row and none are in the Dragon’s Lair you will
score 7 bonus points. However, for every die placed on an evasion
spot you have to reduce the bonus points by 2. Therefore, with all
7 dice on the dice row you might be able to score 7, 5 or 3 points,
depending on how many dice are on the evasion spots.
Additionally you will score
1 bonus point for every die
that has a color match on
the dwarf spot. (For easier
reference during scoring, slide
the color matching dice onto
the color spots.)
all dice
each evasion spot
7
-2
for color match
1
correct bet
3
Now turn over all the pointed hat tokens and see who had the right hunch.
Every opponent who has guessed correctly will now score 3 points. Write
down all scored points on a piece of paper. Now give the 7 dice to
the player on your left. He is now the active player.
Examples for valid dice placements on the dice row:
Whenever you throw a die that you can place - you must place
it. You may never voluntarily choose to not place it.
The outermost spots on the dice row are called the evasion spots.
They have no color associated. So you cannot gain bonus points
for a color match there.
Quite the contrary: If you place a die on an evasion spot you will
loose 2 points during scoring – but only if you managed to place
all 7 dice on the dice row. And yet: These two spots can help you
in a pinch to still score the 7 bonus points.
Should it happen (and it will happen!), that you cannot legally
place a die onto the dice row then it must be placed into the
Dragon’s Lair instead (see below). Once you have done that you
will not be able to place all 7 dice on the dice row and therefore
not be able to score the bonus points.
Scoring example: The active player has managed to place all
7 dice onto the dice row. He had to place one of the dice onto
an evasion spot, so he gains (7-2) 5 bonus points. He managed
to color match 3 dice (yellow, purple and blue) so he scores 3
additional bonus points. In total, that player managed to score
8 points. Each opponent who placed his bet correctly (in this
case the pointed hat token with the green checkmark) will also
score 3 points.
End of Game
After each player has been the active player 3 times, the game will
end. Whoever has managed to score the highest amount of points
total is the winner! If there is a tie, you share the victory.
Solo
Even as a lonesome dwarf, you can play a game of The 7th Dwarf.
All rules are unchanged, but there will be no betting. Instead, you
try to beat your personal high score! How many points can you
score in 3 tries?
Impressum
Designer: Peter Neugebauer, Graphic Design: Hans-Georg Schneider, English
Translation: Benjamin Schönheiter, Realisation: Klaus Ottmaier, Many thanks to
Andreas Resch for the 3D dice.
© 2014 Zipfelmützen Film GmbH & Co. KG / Cinemendo GmbH / Erfttal Film- &
Fernsehproduktion GmbH & Co. KG / CC Medienproduktions und Verwaltungs
GmbH / VIP Medienfonds 2 GmbH & Co. KG i.L. / VIP Medienfonds4b GmbH & Co.
KG / Rialto Film GmbH / MMC Independent GmbH / Universal Pictures Productions
GmbH, Lizenz durch TELEPOOL GmbH
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