Fishjack

Fishjack is a popular dice game often played in the Stern Bar. It is similar to Blackjack. It was invented by Luigi Schwarzfisch.

History
The game was first played in July 1919, when a man named Luigi Schwarzfisch, a worker at the Stern Bar, decided to hold a game of dice with a few customers, with a custom set of rules. He decided to call the game "Fishjack". Soon after, the owners of the Stern Bar dedicated a special table to the game.

Rules
Basic Fishjack is played with a 12-sided die. The main goal is to get as close to 21 as possible without going over.

In each turn, the player has two choices, to "pull" (roll the dice) or to "hold" (stick to the current score he has).

The score is all the numbers the player pulled added up (For example, he rolled a 3 in the first turn and a 4 in the second which means that his score at that time is 7).

To "bust" is to get a score above 21, which means that the player automatically loses that round.

When the player is happy with his current score and doesn't want to risk a bust, he can say "hold". This means that his current score is frozen and he is skipped in all the next turns. For a player who is holding to win, all other players must bust.

Salmonjack

Salmonjack is a different way of playing Fishjack.

The goal is the same as basic Fishjack, to get as close to 21, but in this version you cannot hold, you can only pause, risk high and/or risk low.

The game starts the same, everyone pulls a starting number. In the next rounds, the player can choose between the 12-sided die and the 6-sided die or can choose to pause.

Risk high is pulling the 12-sided die and can be done without limitation.

Risk low is pulling the 6-sided die and can only be done once.

Pause is skipping a turn. This can also only be done once.

Cherry Salmonjack

Cherry Salmonjack is a different way of playing Fishjack.

It's very similar to Salmonjack, with one key difference; The goal is to get either 21 or 11.

If someone gets 11 in their first pull, it doesn't count and they have to aim for 21.

All the other rules of Salmonjack apply in this version.