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Would it be possible to include more players as an option for this but only need two columns to win?

I have no idea if this is a good idea or not but I feel like it could work - if I had the real-world game I’d definitely try it.

(I suppose I could make my own version and try it when my game club restarts..)

BGA in general does not make "house rules" like this. Many of the license agreements state they must respect the published rules to the best of a digital capacity. If an authorized source (game developer, publisher, etc.) agrees to a change, then it may be implemented.

Oh that’s a shame, but also perfectly fair and understandable.

I just looked at the Wikipedia page for the game which mentions a Sid Sackson devised variant where you can leapfrog other players but I don’t know what I think of that.

It also says the game can last up to 45 minutes...

5-6 players would be unbearable imo. The wait time between your turns would be too long.

Add to that the fact that 2 columns can be made super quick by the first people who get the 678 combo. Game would be over in 2-3 rounds.

Someone would need to devize a variant. These are just fictional numbers, for balance it needs lots of tweaking and playtesting.

4 die turn into 6 die, these are split into 2 groups of 3.
3 temporary black stones turn into 4 or 5 stones. Preferably 4. Or it remains at 3 to keep it challenging.
The board goes from 3 to 18(three 1's and three 6's), and obviously the rows become longer. But you will get more combinations to advance faster.

I do think we would have too many combinations with 6 die interchangeable with each other. So maybe every dice has a counterdice they cannot be matched with.
Dice 1A and Dice 1B can never be in the same group of 3
Dice 2A and Dice 2B can never be in the same group of 3
Dice 3A and Dice 3B can never be in the same group of 3
That leaves you with 4 possible outcomes to select from.

Someone into statistics willing to check the odds?