Can't Stop details
- Designer: Sid Sackson
- Artists: Atelier Wilinski, Gabriel Laulunen (II), Heiko Günther, Klaus Wilinski, Klemens Franz, Ronan Le Maître, Walter Pepperle
- Publishers: Asmodee, Borras Plana S.A., Clipper, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Editrice Giochi, Face2Face Games, förlAgo AB, franjos Spieleverlag, Gonggan27, Miro Company, New Games Order, LLC, OPEN'N PLAY, Oya, Palitoy Ltd., Parker Brothers, Popcorn Games, Ravensburger, Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH, Swan Panasia Co., Ltd., Vennerød Forlag AS
- Release Date: 1980
- Player count : 2 - 4
- Age range : 9+
- Time range : 30 minutes
- Mechanism(s): Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck
- BGG Geek Rating: - converted to Meeple Mountain scale: .
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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.
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