Tablero da Gucci

An An Tirian variation of Tablero de Jesus where the gambling coins are replaced with a variety of comestibles, including candies (for kids) or shot glasses of alcohol for adults (beer, wine and cider being the most popular).

Created by members of the Gucci Brotherhood, thus its name.

Originaly the first game was played between Andre Lassard and Tanikh in about 1980ish

Object of the Game

The object of this game is to make you opponent run out of beer before you do.

Equipment

• One opponent (someone else who wants to play)
• 4 equal sized containers of something good to drink (beer, wine, hard cider etc.)
• Seven shot glasses, not necessarily of equal sizes.
• 2 six-sided dice
• A board with a 7 x 7 grid of squares. It should be made out of something that will stand up to being doused with beer on a fairly regular basis.

Starting the Game

Place your board on a flat surface. Three of the seven glasses are placed on each base line of the board starting from the right hand corner nearest each player. The seventh glass is placed in the exact center of the board.

Find a spectator, preferably female, and have them roll the two dice. This is called the 'Queen's Number' and will be important later.

Each player fills the three glasses on his or her base line. Then, each player rolls one die. The player who rolls the highest number gets to choose who goes first. Whoever goes first, takes the center glass, places it one their own base line and has control of the dice.

Playing the Game

Seven, eleven and twelve are pass numbers. If a player rolls any of these he/she must pass the dice to their opponent.

When the two dice have been rolled the player must move one glass, for each die, the number of spaces equal to the die. If he/she cannot, then they must pass the dice to the other player.

You are trying to line up six or seven glasses in a row either horizontally or diagonally. If the line is diagonal, it must be all seven glasses from corner to corner on the board.

When a line is made, the player who made it gets to "pull" the line. The player who made the line MUST drink at least half of the glasses in the line. If the line was seven glasses he/she must drink four of them. It is customary to give your opponent at least one glass. The others may be distributed as the winner of the line sees fit (to his/her opponent, to spectators or he/she can be greedy and drink the remainder themselves).

The empty glasses are place on the base line of the person who DID NOT make the line. He/she must then fill them from their own stock of beverage and then gets control of the dice.

If a Queen's Number is rolled, the player is allowed to choose one glass from anywhere on the board, toast "To the Queen", drink the contents of the glass and place it on his/her opponents baseline. The opponent must then fill the glass from their stake. The person who rolled the Queen's number retains control of the dice.

The first person to not be able to fill a line loses the game. It is not considered good form to win on a "Queen's Number". To this end, if you roll a "Queen's Number" and drink the toast, if your opponent cannot fill the glass, the glass still goes on your opponents base line, but the person who rolled it must then fill the empty glass. Again, the player who rolled it still retains control of the dice. The Toast Round

After the last line has been won, the winner fills whatever glass his/her opponent was not able to fill and declares the toast round. The winner generally takes half of these glasses for themselves, and passes the rest around for the toast. The winner makes a toast and every one drinks up and then places the glasses back on the board.

The winner now has control of the board and may take on other challengers if he/she so wishes.

Scoring for Tournament Play

If you are playing in a tournament the scoring goes like this:

• The winner gets 2pts. and the loser gets 1 pt.

• The game was a "skunk" (the winner did not have to open his second beer) then the winner gets 3 pts. and the loser get no points.

• If the game was a "Royal Skunk" (the winner filled his first three or four glasses, if he went first in the game, but nothing else, not even a "Queen's Number" then it is a "Royal Skunk") then the winner gets 4 pts. and the loser gets -1 pt.

At the end of the tournament the person with the most points wins.

You are not allowed to play the same person twice in a row during tournament play. If you do, then the second game does NOT count towards your tournament score.

NOTES

Although this game was designed for use with alcohol, it works just as well with soda pop, small pieces of candy (great for playing the game with children), or even water. These games generally do not count for tournament play.

A player may have a designated drinker if he/she so desires. If this is done during a tournament, Then the player MUST use the same designated drinker for the entire tournament, otherwise they are disqualified.

It is NOT recommended that this game be played with hard alcohol!!!

Tablero played with wine is often called Tablino (as in "wino"). The worst forms of this are played with a Box of Wine.

Tablero played with hard alcohol is often called Tablotto (as in "til you are blotto"). As previously noted, this is A Bad Idea™.

If you must play with hard alcohol - 3.5 ml of 80 proof hard alcohol is equivalent to a shot glass of beer.