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Information

Designed By: (Uncredited)
Published By: C3, Inc.
Mfg suggested # of Players: 2 - 7 players
User suggested # of Players:
Best with 4, 5 players
Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players
(5 voters) [poll]
Playing Time: 20 Minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 7 and up
User Suggested Ages: 6 and up
(2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence: No necessary in-game text
(2 voters) [poll]
Category: Dice
Mechanics: N/A
Other Names: N/A

Description

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Cosmic Wimpout is "More than an Experience, It's a game!" In the family of "push your luck" dice games that garners great love, mostly through word of mouth marketing. It was a cult game phenomena in the Grateful Dead Universe. The game flourished with the help of college students and deadhead fans.

You play by rolling the five Cosmic Wimpout cubes and get points for each 5, 10, or Flash (triplet) that you roll. You can accumulate points towards the Winning Total by ending your turn or risking it all, because if you roll and don't score, you lose all the points for that turn and the next player goes. Thus like life, "Sometimes you are in the Cosmos, and Sometimes you Wimpout." After certain results, a player may choose to end his turn, scoring the points he has accumulated. The first player to reach an agreed-upon score wins(300-500 for a short game with scores kept on paper, 1000-1500 more typically on the game boards), and the game can fit into a small dice tube. Throughout the years several variations of dice design have made early versions of the game collectible. There are several silk screened fabric boards that vary the game length and ask the player to use a personalized or improvised pawn.

Numerous variants and house rules exist, and players are encouraged to change the rules, even during the game.

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