Highlander
In Highlander, ye’re a fierce warrior, battlin’ tooth and nail to survive, aye! Some may rise to become Highlanders, but dinnae get too comfy—‘cause in the end, laddie, there can be only one!
Setup
Grab 5 dice, and a way to track scores.
How to Play
The first player rolls all 5 dice. Any dice showing a 2 or 4 are removed from play for that player. The rest of the dice are added to their score. Next player takes their turn.
For example: The player rolls a 2, 3, 3, 4, and 6. They remove the 2 and 4 and add the remaining 12 to their score total. On their next turn they can only roll 3 dice.
Continuing Play:
- If a player runs out of dice, they keep their score and must wait for the rest to run out of dice. They cannot be attacked by Highlanders.
- When a player has only 1 die left, they become a Highlander. Their turn immediately ends, and on their next turn they must attack one other Highlander. If no other players are Highlanders, they must wait for a player to become one. Once there is another Highlander, they will attack that other Highlander by challenging them to a round of High Noon. The winner of High Noon adds the loser’s score to their own, and the loser is eliminated from the game.
- The only way a Highlander can increase their score is by attacking and killing other Highlanders.
Winning the Game
After all players can no longer roll, any non-eliminated player with the highest score wins.
If two or more non-eliminated players are tied for the highest score, the tied players settle it with a round of High Noon.
Bar Rules
- Score Win: Everyone else still playing owes the highest-score winner a round.
- High Noon Duel: The loser of a High Noon duel owes the winner of that duel a round.