

Nada
Spring 2013 GamesThe most simple of games can be the most fun. This new dice game can accommodate two to four players and includes 36 attractively designed dice—18 of them white with orange images on each side, 18 orange with white. Designs on each side include a palm tree, an anchor, a skull-and-bones symbol, a rabbit, a shark, and others.
Players start the three-round game by shaking up six white dice and six orange dice. They then throw them. Players scramble to find matching images, at least one of each color, and call out the match ("Palm trees!"). They get to collect the matched pair, and play continues until there are no more matches. The first to yell out "Nada!" at that point places his or her hand over the dice and collects the remaining ones. Anyone who does so prematurely must sit out during the next round.
This goes on for three rounds. The winner is the person with the most dice, making for a very simple game reminiscent of Pit. Nada is pure fun, something that kids living in a complicated time can use.