YARDZEE

ObjectoftheGame

TheobjectofYardzeeistoobtainthehighestscorefromthrowingthe5dice.Thegameconsistsof13

rounds.Ineachround,yourollthediceandthenscoretherollin1of13categories.Youmustscoreonce

ineachcategory.Thescoreisdeterminedbyadifferentruleforeachcategory.Thegameendsonceall

13categorieshavebeenscored.

Tostartwith,rollalldice.Afterrollingyoucaneitherscorethecurrentroll,orre-rollanyoralldice.

Youmanyonlyrollthediceatotalof3times.Afterrolling3timesyoumustchooseacategoryto

score.Youmayscorethediceatanypointintheround,i.e.itdoesn’thavetobeafterthe3rdroll.

categorywouldbe15,becausetherearethreefives,whichareaddedtogether.IftheOne,Three,or

FourCategorieswereselectedforscoringwiththisroll,youwouldscoreazero.IfplacedintheTwo

orSixcategory,youwouldscore2and6respectively.

Bonus-IfthetotalofUpperscoresis63ormore,addabonusof35.

LowerSectionScoring-Inthelowerscores,youscoreeitherasetamount,orzeroifyoudon’tsatisfy

thecategoryrequirements.

3and4ofaKind-For3ofaKindyoumusthaveatleast3ofthesamediefaces.Youscorethetotal

ofallthedice.For4ofaKindyouwouldneed4diefacesthesame.

Small&LargeStraight-AStraightisasequenceofconsecutivediefaces,whereaSmallStraightis4

consecutivefaces,andaLargeStraight5consecutivefaces.SmallStraightsscore30pointsanda

AdditionalYardzees-IfyourollasecondYardzeeinagame,andyouscoredyourfirstYardzeeinthe

Yardzeebox,youwouldscoreafurtherbonus100pointsintheYardzeebox.Youmustalsoputthis

rollintoanothercategoryasfollows;IfthecorrespondingUpperSectioncategoryisnotfilledthen

youmustscorethere.I.e.ifyourolled4-4-4-4-4andtheFourscategoryisnotfilled,youmustput

thescoreintheFourscategory.IfthecorrespondingUpperSectioncategoryisfilledyoumaythenput

thescoreanywhereontheUpperSection(scoringzero).In3ofaKind,4ofaKind,andChance

categoriesyouwouldscorethetotalofthediefaces.FortheSmallStraight,LargeStraight,andFull

Housecategories,youwouldscore30,40,and25pointsrespectively.

Chance-YoucanrollanythingandbeabletoputitintheChancecategory.Youscorethetotalofthe

diefaces.

GameStart

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Scoring

MULTIPLESELECTANDMOVE

Yardkle

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ObjectoftheGame

Betheplayerwiththehighestscoreover10,000

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YardkleFacts

Three2’s=2001-6Straight=1,500

Three3’s=300Threepairs=1,500

Three4’s=400Fourofanynumberwithapair=1,500

Three5’s=500Twotriplets=2,500

Three6’s=600

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SetUp

Othernumberscountifyougetthreeormoreofthesamenumberinasingleroll.

Othercombinationsofnumbersareworthpointsifyougettheminasingleroll.Note:Dicefrom

multiplerollscannotbeaddedtogether.Forexample,ifyousetasideone5(50points)onyourfirst

Play

Whenit’syourturn,placethe6diceinthebucketandroll‘em.

Aftereachroll,setasidedicethatareworthpointsandrolltherestofthem.Youmustremoveat

leastonedieaftereachrollandkeeparunningtotalofyourpointsforthatturn.

Ifyousetasideall6dice,youcanrollthemallagaintobuildyourrunningtotal.

Ifyoucannotsetasideanydiceafteraroll,that’saYardkle.Youloseyourrunningtotalofpointsfor

thatturnandplaypassestotheleft.AYardklecouldhappenonyourfirstrollorwhenyourollthe

remainingdice.

Togetonthescorepadforthefirsttime,youmusthavearunningtotalof500pointsbeforeyoustop

rolling.

Afteryourfirstscoreof500pointsormoreisrecorded,youmaystoprollingatanytimeandhavethe

scorekeeperaddyourrunningtotalforthatturntoyouraccumulatedscore.Onceyourpointsare