Dice Battles (Pilot)

[bighornbattle]

You are a great player Nels.

[drgullen2]

(fade in with theme and applause)

We are back for more Dice Battles!  George Cluster is battling Nels Snesrud on our show today and at the moment, it's George with the upper hand and he could win it with three different rolls of the dice.  Things can change quickly though, so let's see how this plays out, starting with our next mini-game.

(ding)

S in the middle of the across word and starting the down word.  Clues are:

ACROSS: Donkey

DOWN: Partial rock band performance

Nels?

[nelson21]

a$$ set

[drgullen2]

Correct for another hundred dollars!

(audience applauds)

(ding)

That puts you to three hundred dollars, but more importantly, gives you control of the dice to perhaps stop George's momentum a bit here.

Let's see if you can't put an O on the number 2, 6 or 11!  Roll when ready please Nels.

[nelson21]

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[drgullen2]

(audience grumbles)

Oh my, of all the numbers up there, you've rolled the one that you already occupy unfortunately.  So that simply ends your turn Nels.

Let's move on to the next mini-game.

(ding)

It's a W this time.  Clues are:

ACROSS: Type of humor

DOWN: Horror movie series

Nels just beats out George to the buzzer.  Nels?

[nelson21]

Saw wry

[drgullen2]

(audience grumbles)

Wry does fit, but it was wit we were looking for there.

George, this is another break for you!  Roll a 2, 6 or 11 right now and you win the game!  Good luck!

[bighornbattle]

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[drgullen2]

It's a six and George wins the game!!

(audience cheers and applauds)

George, as it turns out, those numbers of 6, 7 and 8 were the first three numbers you picked when we first setup the board and those ended up being the winners for you!  Congratulations, you're our first champion, you've picked up an extra thousand dollars for the win and now you're going to try for $10,000 more on our Bonus Board!  How's that sound?

[bighornbattle]

Awesome. I can't believe that I won. The Teen Titans are still in the audience.

[drgullen2]

Nels, the dice rolls weren't too kind to you, but you've got $300 which might turn into $1,300 because you are also going to our Bonus Board for a shot at a consolation of a thousand dollars, how does that sound?

[nelson21]

Sure

[drgullen2]

Nels can hardly contain his enthusiasm.

(audience applauds as theme plays)

Nels tries for a consolation of a grand while our champion George goes for ten grand on our Bonus Board when Dice Battles returns after these messages!

(theme and applause continues; fade to black)

[bighornbattle]

Great match, Nels.

[drgullen2]

(fade in with theme and applause)

We are back for more Dice Battles!

It is time for our Bonus Board where our champion George has a chance at $10,000 and our runner-up Nels is trying for $1,000.

The game is essentially the same except there are no questions and George, you will be doing all the dice rolling.  This time however, rolling the number of an occupied square immediately changes it to the opposing player's letter.  Also this time, rolling one of the two numbers not on the board is a strike.  If you roll three strikes, the game ends and neither of you wins anything.  If you flip enough Xs into Os to form a Tic-Tac-Toe with Os, Nels wins a thousand dollars.  If you can roll a Tic-Tac-Toe with Xs, you win ten thousand dollars George!

(audience applauds)

We're going to give you a limit of 15 rolls to do this in George.

(ding)

As we did in the main game, we begin by setting up the board.

George, please give me three numbers between 2 and 12 and also tell me where you want them on the board.

[bighornbattle]

6, 7, & 8 in the middle row.

[drgullen2]

(ding...ding...ding)

Very good.  Nels, you pick the next three please.

[nelson21]

12 9 1 above the middle

[drgullen2]

You can't roll a 1 with two dice Nels.  It's numbers between 2 and 12 please, so try again.

[nelson21]

2 then

[drgullen2]

(ding...ding...ding)

Alright and now George, which three remaining numbers would you like across the bottom?

[bighornbattle]

3, 4, and 11.

[drgullen2]

(ding...ding...ding)

Very well, so what this means is, the numbers 5 and 10 are strikes.  If you roll either of those a total of three times George, the game is over.  You now have 15 rolls to complete a Tic-Tac-Toe for either yourself or for Nels.  We can also have a winner by completely filling the board with Xs and Os, in which case whoever has the most on the board wins.

Good luck George!  As before, you roll two dice at a time.  Let's have your first roll of the Bonus Board please.

[bighornbattle]

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[drgullen2]

(audience applauds)

(ding)

Great start!  Rolling any one of those other numbers up there now could set you up for a 1-2-3 right away win!

Your next roll please George.

[bighornbattle]

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[drgullen2]

(audience cheers and applauds)

(ding)

George!  Are you about to do it again!?!  You won the main game using your original numbers and now, here you are one roll of an eight away from doing it again and picking up a cool ten thousand dollars!  Let's roll that snowman George!  Good luck!!

[bighornbattle]

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[drgullen2]

(audience grumbles)

(ding)

That was a number you didn't want to roll.  That immediately flips your X to an O for Nels and once flipped, that square is now frozen, so rolling a 6 from now on will simply be a wasted roll because that square now belongs to Nels.

For your next roll, ideally you want either a 2 or a 3 to setup a diagonal Tic-Tac-Toe or a 4 or 9 to setup a vertical one.

Let's have your next roll please George.