Kevin Finkle
United States
Oregon
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My wife and I almost always play Pass the Pigs when waiting at restaurants. I've come up with a few extra ways to score.
Five "siders" thrown in a row scores 50 points. This happens very rarely.
If the person who is behind in score throws a first roll "pig out" on three subsequent turns they earn a "pig out free" roll on their next turn. "Pig out free roll" = throw the pigs until you throw a "pig out" and record the points scored for that round (you don't lose your points for the turn). We keep track of the first roll "pig outs" by putting a dot on the score pad. For every first roll "pig out" in a row beyond three, the player can ignore one "pig out" during the "pig out free roll". For instance, if I somehow manage to lose my turn five times in a row by rolling a "pig out" on the first throw of my turn, on my next turn I would get to keep scoring until I had rolled three "pig outs" (I would ignore the first two) and then record the total score for the turn. This can lead to some great come from behind victories.
We also play that an "oinker" (pigs touching) = -10 points instead of losing all of your points.
I've only played Pass the Pigs with two players, and so, don't know how well these variants would work with more players.
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