Owzthat
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Owzthat

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Rules assistant for Owzthat

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Owzthat is a board game released in 1932 for 1–2 players, 10 minutes per game, and ages 5 and up. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling.

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About the game

Owzthat is a simulation of the game of cricket using dice. The game consists of two unique dice; one of them labelled with numbers, the other with words. The idea is that the player who is "in" rolls the numbered die, scoring the number of runs as shown on the die. This continues until he rolls the side of the die with the word "Owzthat!" (a corruption of "How's that", an appeal in cricket). Then, the other die is rolled. The faces on this die show different ways of being out, such as caught, bowled, etc. On this die are also two ways of being not out i.e. the appeal is turned down. If the player is not out, he continues to roll the first die. If he is out, he continues his innings with his next batsman, as in a real game of cricket.

Editions

  • Pencil CricketENGinger Fox Ltd.2009
  • Pencil CricketENMarks & Spencer2009
  • OwzthatEN(Unknown)
  • Roller CricketEN(Unknown)
  • OwzthatEN(Unknown)
  • OwzthatENLindop (William Lindop LTD)
  • OwzthatENLindop (William Lindop LTD)
  • Webster's Yorkshire Bitter Bar Cricket GameENSamuel Webster & Sons Ltd

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Mechanics

Publishers

  • (Unknown)
  • (Public Domain)
  • Marks & Spencer
  • Ginger Fox Ltd.
  • Lindop (William Lindop LTD)
  • Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd

Questions and answers

Owzthat supports 1–2 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.