Can’t Stop

In this Sid Sackson classic, players must press their luck with dice and choose combinations tactically to close out three columns. The board has one column for each possible total of two six-sided dice, but the number of spaces in each column varies: the more probable a total, the more spaces in that column and the more rolls it takes to complete. On their turn, a player rolls four dice and arranges them in duos: 1 4 5 6 can become 1+4 and 5+6 for 5 & 11, 1+5 and 4+6 for 6 & 10, or 1+6 and 4+5 for 7 & 9. The player places or advances progress markers in the open column(s) associated with their chosen totals, then chooses whether to roll again or end their turn and replace the progress markers with markers of their color. A player can only advance three different columns in a turn and cannot advance a column which any player has closed out by reaching the end space; if a roll doesn’t result in any legal plays, the turn ends with that turn’s progress lost.

A predecessor from 1974, The Great Races, exists as a paper-and-pencil game.

AWARDS & HONORS:
2021 5 Seasons Best International Filler Game Winner.
2021 5 Seasons Best International Filler Game Nominee.
1982 Spiel des Jahres Recommended.
1981 Spiel des Jahres Recommended.

COMPONENTS (original 1980 Parker Bros. edition):
1 Game Board (32cm red plastic hexagon with white painted numbers)
4 Dice (translucent red plastic d6)
3 White Pieces (19mm square plastic ”Runner” cones)
44 Pieces (10mm raised plastic squares, 11x each of 4 player colors - blue, yellow, green, orange)
Rules (on box insert)

2-4

Parker Brothers

30

1980

10+

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2018-06-21 11:58:31