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Rules and
Scoring
The aim of the game is
to score as many points as possible over 13 rounds.
Each round, the dice
are rolled and then scored in one of the 13 categories. Including
the initial roll, some or all of the dice can be re-rolled up to
three times, after which it must be scored in one of the categories.
A category can only be
used once and the score cannot be changed once it's been used. The
game ends when all the 13 categories have been scored.
The categories and
points available for each are as follows:
|
Upper
Scores |
| Ones |
Only
faces with a value of 1 are counted. |
| Twos |
Only
faces with a value of 2 are counted. |
| Threes |
Only
faces with a value of 3 are counted. |
| Fours |
Only
faces with a value of 4 are counted. |
| Fives |
Only
faces with a value of 5 are counted. |
| Sixes |
Only
faces with a value of 6 are counted. |
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Lower
Scores |
| 3
of a Kind |
At
least three of the dice must be of the same value. The score
is a total of all five dice. |
| 4
of a Kind |
At
lease four of the dice must be of the same value. The score
is a total of all five dice. |
| Full
House |
Three
of a kind, with a pair (ie 3, 3, 3, 6, 6). 25 points. |
| Small
Straight |
Four
consecutive dice faces (ie 2, 3, 4, 5). 30 points. |
| Large
Straight |
Five
consecutive dice faces (ie 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). 40 points. |
| Chance |
A
total of all five dices, regardless of value. |
| Yahtzee |
All
five dices are the same value. Scores 50 points. |
Rolls that don't meet
the requirements for the category will score 0 points.
Once the Yahtzee
category is filled, any additional Yahtzee rolls receive a bonus of
100 points. If the corresponding category in the Upper Section has
also been filled, these additional Yahtzee rolls can be used as
'Jokers' to fill a Lower Score and receive the maximum points
available for that category.
At the end of the
game, 35 bonus
points are available at the end of the game if the total of the
Upper Scores totals 63 points or more.
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