Farkle

Alternate names and similar games include Dix Mille, Ten Thousand, Cosmic Wimpout, Chicago, Greed, Hot Dice, Volle Lotte, Squelch, Zilch, and Zonk.

[4] The game has also been suggested to originate from Iceland through the purported English nobleman Sir Albert Farkle, who is said to have first played it there in the 1300s or 1400s,[1] but this is not considered credible.

Equipment and instructions to play Farkle dating to the 1700s have been found at Fort Chartres, Illinois.

If the player continues throwing, as in any of the above cases except the last, they risk farkling and thus losing all accumulated points.

Since farkle is a folk game, variant rules are used in different playing communities.

An optimal strategy for winning a game of Farkle, based on one set of rules, has been determined.