Farkle

A couple of years ago I saw these ribbon dice by Koplow Games at GenCon Indy--the Best Four Days of Gaming. I bought a pink set of six for my friend Kara who walked in a Breast Cancer 3 Day. Last year after I was laid off, I decided to create Farkle games for nephews and nieces as a Christmas present. I have a friend whose mother used to own a game store and still has an account with one of the game distributors. He was able to get me a good deal on a bunch of blue and pink ribbon dice. I bought about a yard of black velvet and some black cording. I found a copy of the rules on-line and printed up some copies. It took me a while to create the ribbon design that I was happy with. I was working with the version 4 software and really did not know what I was doing. You can see a print sample of the ribbon in a previous post. The hardest part was getting the border that I wanted. I actually had to draw the entire thing. With version 6 and with the knowledge I now have, it would be much easier. It is hard to see in the small picture, but the stitches are horizontal and I really wanted them to go with the contour of the ribbon. At the time I did not know how to do it, but now I know how to use one of the digitizing tools to create the design with the stitches going in the direction I want. I think I embroidered ten of each color--I ran out of blue at one point and searched all over Sumter (South Carolina--where my parents and my sister live) and had to use a slightly different shade on the remaining blue bags. Unfortunately, they did not get to all the intended recipients and I still have several--I feel bad because I don't know who got them and who didn't. I gave one set to my friend Andi last year when she walked in the Breast Cancer 3 Day with Kara. Farkle is a fast paced dice game that I find many people like--it is great to play around a table as everyone socializes. Farkle comes in many different flavors and can be found most anywhere including Amazon, Target, Wal-Mart and Toys R Us. If you buy a Farkle set, look for one by Legendary Games since they are a local Kansas company. Here are a couple of links to some of the Farkle sets at Amazon.com.