Trouble Rulebook

Table of Contents

Object of the Game
Contents
Assembly
Game Setup
How to Play
Be a Winner!

Object of the Game

Be the first player to move all 4 of your colored pegs around the gameboard and into your FINISH line. During the game, try to send your opponents' pegs back to their HOME.

1 plastic game unit with POP-O-MATIC die roller, gameboard, 16 plastic playing pegs, 4 rubber gameboard feet.

Assembly

Turn the plastic game unit upside-down. Turn the gameboard over so it is facedown and fit it over the game unit.
Insert the 4 rubber feet into the 4 holes on the back of the gameboard. Now turn the assembled gameboard unit back over and you're ready to play!

Game Setup

Each player selects 4 pegs of one color and places them in the matching color HOME. If only two people are playing, each can play with two sets of pegs if desired.
Who Starts the Game: Each player rolls the die by pressing down on the top of the POP-O-MATIC once, then letting go. The player who gets the highest number goes first. Play continues to the left of the starting player.

How to Play

A turn consists of one pop and a move (if possible). Important: If the number 6 is popped, the player gets an additional pop and move.

On your first turn, you must pop a number 6 to move one of your pegs out of HOME and into START on the playing track. You pop only once. If you do not pop a 6 on your first turn you cannot move any of your pegs and must wait until your next turn to try again.
Once you pop a 6, move one of your pegs into START. Pop again (remember, you have a free turn for popping a 6) and move the peg in START on the playing track the number of spaces shown on the die.
Always move your pegs clockwise around the playing track. Count each space whether it is empty or full.
Pop and move all of your pegs as above. When you pop a 6, you can either move a new peg out to START, or move a peg already in the playing track. Then pop again. If you pop any other number, move one of your pegs already in the playing track.
If your peg lands on a space that already has an opponent's peg in it, the opponent's peg returns to HOME and must start all over again. Your peg now occupies that space.
If another player's peg is in your START space when you roll a 6 and want to move a peg out of HOME, that player's peg is sent back to HOME and you move your peg into START. If your own peg is already in your START space, you cannot bring a new peg out. You must use the 6 to move a peg already in the playing track. You cannot land on your own pegs.
The Finish Line: When a peg has moved once around the gameboard, it enters its matching color FINISH line. A peg cannot go around the gameboard more than once. A peg can only enter FINISH if the exact number required to get into one of the FINISH spaces is popped. Pegs in FINISH are safe from other players' pegs because no other player can move into another player's FINISH line. Pegs can move within the FINISH area only in the direction of the arrows and by the exact count of the die.

Be a Winner!

The first player to move all 4 pegs of their color once around the gameboard and into FINISH is the winner. The game continues to see who comes in second and third.

Game Setup

Each player selects 4 pegs of one color and places them in the matching color HOME. If only two people are playing, each can play with two sets of pegs if desired.

Who Starts the Game: Each player rolls the die by pressing down on the top of the POP-O-MATIC once, then letting go. The player who gets the highest number goes first. Play continues to the left of the starting player.

How to Play

A turn consists of one pop and a move (if possible). Important: If the number 6 is popped, the player gets an additional pop and move.

On your first turn, you must pop a number 6 to move one of your pegs out of HOME and into START on the playing track. You pop only once. If you do not pop a 6 on your first turn you cannot move any of your pegs and must wait until your next turn to try again.

Once you pop a 6, move one of your pegs into START. Pop again (remember, you have a free turn for popping a 6) and move the peg in START on the playing track the number of spaces shown on the die.

Always move your pegs clockwise around the playing track. Count each space whether it is empty or full.

Pop and move all of your pegs as above. When you pop a 6, you can either move a new peg out to START, or move a peg already in the playing track. Then pop again. If you pop any other number, move one of your pegs already in the playing track.

If your peg lands on a space that already has an opponent's peg in it, the opponent's peg returns to HOME and must start all over again. Your peg now occupies that space.

If another player's peg is in your START space when you roll a 6 and want to move a peg out of HOME, that player's peg is sent back to HOME and you move your peg into START. If your own peg is already in your START space, you cannot bring a new peg out. You must use the 6 to move a peg already in the playing track. You cannot land on your own pegs.

The Finish Line: When a peg has moved once around the gameboard, it enters its matching color FINISH line. A peg cannot go around the gameboard more than once. A peg can only enter FINISH if the exact number required to get into one of the FINISH spaces is popped. Pegs in FINISH are safe from other players' pegs because no other player can move into another player's FINISH line. Pegs can move within the FINISH area only in the direction of the arrows and by the exact count of the die.