STOLI - A Printable Party Game

OVERVIEW STOLI is sort of like a mashup of Jenga in reverse, and Tetris. Players take turns rolling a die and adding pieces to the rocker. The player who causes the rocker to tip and spill the tetrominoes is out. When that happens, gameplay resets, and the remaining players continue until only one remains. That player is the STOLI MASTER!

Why call it STOLI? Because the shapes are tetrominoes -- popularized in a 1986 computer game -- and if you squint, they resemble letters. There's a squiggly S, a T, a square O shape, an L shape, and an I. Is STOLI a nod towards the computer game's roots, or a reference to a particular brand of vodka? Or both? I'll let you decide. Anyway, apart from printing the cradle and the rocker, print about 10 each of the tetrominoes. You'll also need a D6. If you don't have one, print one.

GAME SETUP - Place the rocker on the cradle. - Group like shapes together into piles numbered 1 through 5.

GAME PLAY - Player rolls the D6. - If Player rolls a 6, Player can choose any tetromino. Otherwise, Player chooses a tetromino from the numbered pile matching their roll. NOTE: If the FIRST tetromino is the I (line piece), Player rolls again. The line piece simply doesn't work as the first piece. - Player places the chosen tetromino on the rocker. If the rocker tips and spills the tetrominoes, Player is eliminated and the round ends. Reset as described in GAME SETUP, and remaining Players continue the next round. Otherwise, play passes to the next Player. - Continue play until only one Player remains. That Player is the winner!