Designer	Reiner Knizia
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Publisher	Blue Terrier Press Elliot Right Way Books Hugendubel Verlag
Year Published	1999
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Alternate Names	Das große Buch der Würfelspiele
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Reiner Knizia's paperback book about dice games runs to 224 pages including the index. There are 8 chapters:
1. Lucky Scoring Games
2. Lucky Counter Games
3. The Theory of Dice (9 pages headed "It's easier than you think")
4. Betting Games
5. Progression Games
6. Jeopardy Games
7. Category Games
8. Bluffing Games

There are tons of games here, all explained pretty simply, in an open, friendly style. Most have one or two pages and include variants, tactics and odds where applicable. The only illustrations are relevant but basic diagrams, nothing big enough to photocopy.

The front piece notes some games are original to Knizia, and these are the ones that are mentioned as "original" games in the book - games like Catego or Six Hundred.

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Author: Reiner Knizia
Title: Das große Buch der Würfelspiele
Publisher: Heinrich Hugendubel Verlag
ISBN: 3720521834

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Scoresheets for Category Games

Scoresheets with rules reminders for some of the "Category games" described in the book (Six hundred, Generala, Hindenburg, Yacht, Yam, Cheerio, Ohio, Double Cameroon, Yahtzee/Kniffel and Crag). Anybody willing to help translate this file can find the source doc here -- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/35563182/ScoresheetsForDiceGames.docx

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Elliot Right Way Books - Publisher's website	http://www.right-way.co.uk/	2005-07-07
Review in Finnish at Lautapelaaja.net	http://www.lautapelaaja.net/arvostelut/dicegames.h...	2005-03-19