Zilch

Created by
gaby (published on 2008-11-04)

Description
A dice game of great skill (and a little luck) where winning is all about knowing when to take the points and when to take a chance.

Updates
FYI: The computer players get exactly the same random dice rolls as the player does. I have tried to make the better computer players actually better players rather than simply luckier ones.

Additional: Seriously, the AI’s are not rigged, the dice are random every time. Do some statistical analysis on it if you don’t believe me.

Instructions
Follow the in-game tutorial or read the "Rules" page.

Gameplay
The gameplay is simple yet addictive. First you roll 6 dice, the numbers you roll are worth different scores ingame (See Scoring). You can hold dice that are worth points and re-roll dice that are worth nothing. Your turn ends when you either "bank" your turns score adding it too your total for the game or roll the remaining dice and get no scoring dice, loosing the points for that turn.

Not scoring is a "Zilch". Three consecutive Zilches and you loose 500 points.

Scoring with all 6 dice gets you s free roll allowing you to re-roll all 6 and add to your existing score for the round, you can still loose them all by not rolling more scoring dice at any time.

Ingame Awards
The game has an award system featuring 120 awards that can be earned in various ways on the game.

The award screen has 6 rows of 20 awards per row.

Below is a list of awards and how they are obtained.

Row A
A1 - Point Collector - 50,000 points scored over all games

A2 - Point Hoarder

A3 - Point Trader

A4 - Point Master

A5 - Pointless

A6 - Low Roller - 250 Dice Rolled

A7 - Paint Roller - 500 Dice Rolled

A8 - High Roller - 2000 Dice Rolled

A9 - Hard Shoulder

A10 - Steam Roller

A11 - Zilcher - 20 Total Zilches Over All Games

A12 - Regular Zilcher - 50 Total Zilches Over All Games

A13 - Common Spotted Zilcher - 100 Total Zilches Over All Games

A14 - Pincher Zilcher

A15 - Kilo-Zilcher

A16 - Zero Zilcher

A17 - Negative Zilcher

A18 - Anti Zilcher

A19 - Allergic Zilcher

A20 - What's A Zilch

Row B
B1 - Hero Zilcher

B2 - Hiro Zilcher

B3 - Iron Zilcher

B4 - Steel Zilcher

B5 - I Accidentally The Whole Zilch

B6 - Good Score - Win a game with more than 11000 points

B7 - Great Score

B8 - Stunning Score

B9 - Crushing Score

B10 - Impossible Score

B11 - Alright Score - Taking 2000 Points on One Turn

B12 - OK Score - Taking 3000 Points on One Turn

B13 - Good Score

B14 - Sweet Score

B15 - Ma-hoo-hassive Score!

B16 - Run of Luck - 2 wins in a row

B17 - Better Luck

B18 - Plucky Luck

B19 - British Spirit

B20 - U R Teh Zilch!!!11one

Row C
C1 - Run of Bad Luck - 2 Losses in a Row

C2 - Very Unlucky - 3 Losses in a Row

C3 - What A Loser - 5 Losses in a Row

C4 - Mega Loser - 7 Losses in a Row

C5 - Massive Loser

C6 - Got The Hang Of It - 3 wins total

C7 - Getting Comfortable

C8 - Zilch-Adept

C9 - Zilch Pro

C10 - Lifetime Zilcher

C11 - Still Learning - 3 Losses in Total

C12 - Almost Got It - 5 Losses in Total

C13 - Struggling

C14 - Can I Haz Fail?

C15 - EPIC FAIL!

C16 - Zilch Player

C17 - Zilch Playa!

C18 - Pilchard Slayer

C19 - Zilch Fiend

C20 - Gold Plated Zilch Machine

Row D
D1 - Squasher - A winning margin of 2000 points or more

D2 - Squeezer - A winning margin of 3500 points or more

D3 - Crusher

D4 - Decimator

D5 - Obliterator

D6 - Red Faced - Losing by 2000 Points or more

D7 - Egg on your Face - Losing by 3500 Points or more

D8 - Full English on you Face - Losing by 5000 Points or more

D9 - Falling on your Face - Losing by 6500 Points or more

D10 - Eh, Eh... Eh... (Noface) - Losing by 8000 Points or more

D11 - Coarse Finish

D12 - Smooth Finish

D13 - Tight Finish

D14 - Dropping The Baton

D15 - Scraping The Barrel

D16 - Scraping Your Knuckles

D17 - Frugal Roller

D18 - Thrifty Roller

D19 - Miser Roller

D20 - Bah Humbug!

Row E
E1 - Wasteful Roller - Win a game in 18 turns or more

E2 - Splurge Roller

E3 - Rollin' Like Theres No Tomorrow

E4 - Never Ending Games!

E5 - Clock Watcher - Any game lasting 18 turns or more

E6 - Time Waster - Any game lasting 20 turns or more

E7 - Aeon Waster - Any game lasting 25 turns or more

E8 - Time Lord - Any game lasting 30 turns or more

E9 - Reckless Damage - 2 wins against a reckless CPU

E10 - Reckless Endangerment

E11 - Reckless History

E12 - Overly Cautious

E13 - Cautious Steps

E14 - Take Caution

E15 - More Human

E16 - Too Human

E17 - Inhuman

E18 - Your First Zilch - 3 Zilches in a row

E19 - Unlucky - 4 Zilches in a row

E20 - Really Unlucky - 5 Zilches in a row

Row F
F1 - Have You Looked At The Rules? - 7 Zilches in a row

F2 - Nooooooooooooo...(Jazz Hands) - 10 Zilches in a row

F3 - Reckless Driving - 2 consecutive wins against a reckless CPU

F4 - Reckless Endeavors

F5 - Reck-ing Ball

F6 - Cautiously Optimistic

F7 - Cautious Steps

F8 - No Longer Cautious

F9 - Humanity

F10 - Oh The Humanity

F11 - Oh The Huge Manatee

F12 - Award Chaser - 20 Awards gained

F13 - Award Maestro

F14 - Award Montego A Goat Please

F15 - Lawman - You read the rules

F16 - Amnesiac

F17 - Accountant - Your read the scoring guide

F18 - Informant - You read the about page

F19 - Socialite - You looked at your awards

F20 - Narcissist