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Yahtzee

This is the well-known five-dice game. Each turn begins by shaking all five dice. You then choose which dice to keep, and which to shake again - simply click on the dice to "keep". You then shake the remaining dice, and again select which ones to keep. After your third shake, these are your "final" dice which count towards your score.

At the end of each turn, you now have to select a row from the scoresheet to enter your score. Each row scores in a different way, but you must pick one row. You then move to your next turn by shaking all five dice again. The game ends when you have entered a score for all thirteen rows in the scoresheet.

The scoresheet is divided into upper and lower sections: In the top part of the scoresheet (Axes to Sixes) you score only those dice which coorespond to the name of the row. E.g. if you select the row called "Twos" and your dice are "2, 3, 2, 2, 6", then you would score 6. You also score a bonus of 35 points if the sum of your scores in the upper section adds up to 63 of greater.

In the bottom part of the scoresheet, you must have the appropriate dice in order to score anything. So for "3/Kind" you must have at least three dice showing the same number. "Lo Straight" (30 points) is a run of four numbers (e.g "1, 2, 3, 4") and "Hi straight" (40 poiints) is a run of all five (e.g "1, 2, 3, 4, 5"). Note that it is never necessary to have the dice in a certain order, so "1, 4, 3, 5, 2" is also a "Hi Straight". "Yahtzee" is five of a kind, and is worth 50 points.