Overview

Can’t Stop is a classic push-your-luck dice game where players race to claim three numbered columns (2-12) on a board. On your turn, you roll four dice, pair them into two sums, and advance markers up the corresponding columns. You can keep rolling for more progress, but if you ever roll and cannot use any combination, you “bust” and lose all progress from that turn. The first player to claim three columns wins.

Components

• 1 game board with numbered columns (2-12), each with a different number of spaces
• Colored cubes for each player (red, green, blue, yellow)
• 3 white marker cubes
• 4 dice

Setup

1. Each player chooses a color and takes all cubes of that color.
2. Set the 3 white cubes aside.
3. Roll two dice to determine who goes first (highest total; reroll ties).

Turn Structure

Beginning of Turn

Collect the 3 white cubes, placing them off the board in front of you.

Rolling

1. Roll all 4 dice.
2. Combine them into two pairs (any arrangement you choose).
3. Each pair creates a sum (between 2 and 12).
4. Advance white cubes in those columns according to the placement rules.

Placement Rules

• If a white cube is already in that column from an earlier roll this turn, advance it one space.
• If a white cube is not in that column, place one from your supply:
  • If you have a colored cube in that column from a previous turn, place the white cube one space ahead.
  • Otherwise, place the white cube in the bottom space.
• White cubes stay in their columns until the turn ends.
• You must play to as many columns as your roll allows (you cannot ignore a legal move).
• You can play twice in the same column on one roll (e.g., roll 2,4,4,6 = two moves in column 8).

Going Bust

If you cannot legally place or advance any white cube using any pairing of your roll, you have busted:

• You lose all progress from this turn.
• Pass the dice to the left.

Choosing to Stop

After placing/advancing white cubes, you may choose to:

• Stop: Replace white cubes with cubes of your color at their current positions. Pass the dice.
• Continue: Leave white cubes in place and roll all 4 dice again.

Actions

There is only one action type: rolling dice and advancing along columns. The strategic decision is whether to stop or continue rolling.

Scoring / Victory Conditions

Claiming a Column

When you stop your turn with a white cube on the top (shaded) space of a column, you claim that column:

• Place your colored cube on the shaded space.
• All other players’ cubes in that column are returned to their owners.
• No player may place white cubes in that column for the rest of the game.

Winning

The first player to claim 3 columns wins the game.

Special Rules & Edge Cases

• Multiple players’ cubes can share the same space.
• Once a column is claimed, its number effectively ceases to exist for all players.
• If doubles/triples/quadruples are rolled, there will be fewer valid pairings to choose from.
• All three white cubes can be placed in the same column or across three different columns.
• If you only have 0 or 1 available white cubes and your roll requires a new column, you cannot make that move.
• You can win on any turn where you stop with 3 total claimed columns (some may have been claimed on previous turns).

Player Reference

Column	Number of Spaces
2	3
3	5
4	7
5	9
6	11
7	13
8	11
9	9
10	7
11	5
12	3

Turn Sequence:

1. Take 3 white cubes
2. Roll 4 dice
3. Pair into two sums
4. Advance/place white cubes
5. Choose: Stop (keep progress) or Roll again (risk busting)