02-004 Left Center Right

02-004
Left Center Right

One day, I showed my son a box of PUSH. PUSH is a card game published by Ravensburger. It is a simple push your luck card game with 120 cards and 1 customized die. I asked my son, “What is the most expensive component inside this box?” He thought for a while and said, “I think the answer should be the die. But as the question is from you, I don’t think the answer would be straightforward.”

I always ask my kids difficult questions and expect some surprising answers. “The rental. The most expensive part of the game is the rental of the toy shop. Or maybe the salary of the salesperson.” Good guess, but not quite right. Apparently, the game is purchased from Amazon. I don’t think the rental would count up so much.

The most expensive part of any game is its design. Game play is the soul of each game. However, you can only patent the name of the game and the artworks. The most important part, the game play, cannot be copyrighted.

Left Center Right, or simply LCR, is a simple dice rolling game. It is a fast pace game with absolutely zero strategy. Winning depends purely on luck. A 4 years old kid can easily bet up a professor! Some even challenge that LCR is not a game at all because there is nothing a player can do apart from just keep rolling dice. However, my daughter like it a lot as she can easily become the winner.

LCR, or Left Center Right Dice Game

LCR seems to be a popular game in America. In my city, not too many people have heard of it. And I have never seen any local toy shops selling this. And because of its popularity, people start copying. There are some similar games selling on Amazon or Walmart with exactly the same game play. Design is only altered a little bit, typically changing the “L” on the die to “Left”, “R” to “Right” and C to a star ★.

LCR is originally published by George & Company LLC. It is cheap and playing is fun. Although its rating on Board Game Geek isn’t really amazing, I recommend it. Kids love this game. But please respect the designer and only go for the original one. The sides of the dice are only marked with “L”, “C”, “R” or dot. If you see the dice are marked with something else such as “Left”, “Right” or “Center”, those are copycats.

General Information

Player	3 to 12
Playing Time	20 mins
Age	5+
Year Released	1983
Designer	?
Publisher	George & Company LLC
Family	Dice Rolling
Score	3.5 (Board Game Geek)

 Specifications

Dice size	16mm
# of dice	3
Faces	6
Details	The game contains 3 specialty marked d6 dice. Three of the faces are marked with a dot. The other 3 faces are marked “L”, “R” & “C” respectively. In additional, there are 24 pieces of playing chips.

The game play

 

Where to buy?

Amazon.

Hacking

It is possible to play this game with standard d6 dice with some conversions in your brain. Consider 1, 2 & 3 as dot. 4 as “L”, 5 as “C”, & 6 as “R”.

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