Streifen

Paper-and-pencil game where players try to score the most points by marking the longest rows of squares. Eight rows "1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4" build a square 8x8 board. In their turn, players throw four dice (or a die four times) and mark each time a field on the board with the thrown number; 5, 6 and numbers already used up on the board are wasted throws. The game ends when any further throw is useless, and then the scoring takes place: four or more consecutive spaces in a row or column belonging to a player bring a score of one point per space. The game is best played in rounds, each round with a starting player.