For dice lovers, the Strike board game from Ravensburger is an exciting game of skill and luck. Each player is given a number of dice and takes turns rolling them in the arena. Players try, through clever dice rolling, to "re-roll" the dice already in the arena so they show identical numbers and take any dice successfully changed. The last player left with dice wins.
Fast-Paced Dice Game for the Whole Family
A new style of dice playing, Strike gives fans of the classic pastime an exciting twist on the old favorite. A fun choice for family game night or a rainy afternoon with roommates, its simple rules make it easy to pick up while its fast pace keeps play interesting. Suitable for ages eight and up, this is a great game to play with children who are just becoming more advanced with numbers as well as with adults who like a challenge. Luck of the dice combined with strategy make this an intellectual game that still leaves some outcomes up to chance.
Versatile Play Options
Thanks to its many possibilities, Strike offers easy playtime for families and friends. A variation of the game (described on the last page of the rule booklet) gives you an alternative version of the game to keep players on their toes. In the alternative version, competitors play a tournament round with as many games as there are players taking part, rotating the starting player spot each time. You score as many points each game as the number of players remaining when you go out. The winner of each round receives no points, as there are no players remaining when they've won. The player at the end with the fewest points overall wins the game. Couples will love that this game can be played with just two players. And parents and grandparents will love that the oldest player goes first.
Ravensburger History
Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH is a German game company and market leader in the European jigsaw puzzle market.
The company was founded by Otto Robert Maier with seat in Ravensburg, a town in Upper Swabia in southern Germany. He began publishing in 1883 with his first author contract. He started publishing instruction folders for craftsmen and architects, which soon acquired him a solid financial basis. His first board game appeared in 1884, named "Journey around the world".
At the turn of the 20th century, his product line broadened to include picture books, books, children’s activity books, Art Instruction manuals, non-fiction books, and reference books as well as children’s games, Happy Families and activity kits. In 1900, the Ravensburger blue triangle trademark was registered with the Imperial Patent office. As of 1912, many board and activity games had an export version that was distributed to Western Europe, the countries of the Danube Monarchy as well as Russia.
Before the First World War, Ravensburger had around 800 products. The publishing house was damaged during the Second World War and continued to produce games in the years of the reconstruction. The company focused on children's games and books and specialized books for art, architecture and hobbies, and from 1962 grew strongly. The company started to produce jigsaw puzzle games in 1964, and in the same year opened subsidiaries in Austria, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In 1977 the company split into a book publishing arm and a game publishing arm.
Today there are approximately 1,800 available books and 850 games as well as puzzles, hobby products and CD-ROM titles at Ravensburger and its subsidiaries, which include Alea for "hobby and ardent game players" and FX Schmid for games and children's books. Ravensburger products are exported to more than fifty countries.
In September 2010, Ravensburger broke Educa's record for the world's largest jigsaw puzzle of 24,000 pieces. Ravensburger's new puzzle design by late pop artist Keith Haring titled, 'Keith Haring: Double Retrospect' breaks the Guinness Book of World Records measuring 17' × 6' built from 32,256 pieces and comes with its own dolly cart for toting.
