Read Time:1 Minute, 35 Second
Players:
1-6
Playing time: About 15 minutes
If you’ve got a few
minutes and a little bit of table space (like the size of the tray on an airplane seat),
then you’ve got all it takes to play Cinq-o, the new dice game from the makers of UNO.
Cinq-o is a tiny go-anywhere game that fits in a case on your key chain.
You get six dice—five numbered dice, numbered 1 through 6, and one special hi-lo die,
which shows 1, 2, and 3 with either an up arrow (hi) or a down arrow (lo). The object is
to get either the highest score possible on your five numbered dice and a hi number on
the hi-lo die or the lowest score possible on your five numbered dice along with a lo
number on the hi-lo die—and you have five rolls of the dice to do so. Once your turn is
up, you use the included scoring card to determine your score, and it’s your opponent’s
turn to roll the dice. The first player to reach a score of 100 is the
winner.
Fans of Yahtzee will want to
pick up Cinq-o, too. The two are similar—you roll the dice and try to get a certain
combination of numbers (in fact, Cinq-o even includes a few suspiciously Yathzee-like
rules for rolling a straight or five-of-a-kind). Both are games that are much more about
luck than they are about skill. But since Cinq-o requires just a little bit of space and
a little bit of time, it’s a great game to play while you’re waiting for dinner to be
ready…or on the plane…or in your hotel room. It’s quick, it’s easy, it’s relatively
brainless…it’s my kind of game.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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