Thanks for such a thorough explanation. This really helps as I sure couldn't figure it out. Don
----- Original Message ----- From: MamaPeach <mamapeac...@gmail.com> To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, October 18, 2015 5:22 am Subject: Re: dice world username > > > How To Play Yatzy > Object of the game > The object of Yahtzee is to obtain the highest score from throwing 5 dice. > The game consists of 13 rounds. In each round, you roll the dice and then > score the roll in one 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. > Game Start > To start with, roll all the dice. After rolling you can either score the > current roll (see below), or re-roll any or all of the dice. > You may 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. > Scoring > To score your combination of 5 dice, you click one of the 13 boxes. There > are two sections to the score table > - the Upper Section and the Lower Section. > Once a box has been scored, it cannot be scored again for the rest of the > game (except the Yahtzee category), so choose wisely. > Upper Section Scoring > If you score in the upper section of the table, your score is the total of > the specified die face. > So if you roll: > 5 - 2 - 5 - 6 - 5 and score in the Fives category, your total for the > 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 because you did not roll a 1, a 3 or a 4. > 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. Note > that 63 is the total of three each of 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s and 6s. > 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 and 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 and a large 40 points. > So if you rolled: > 2 - 3 - 2 - 5 - 4 > you could score 30 in small straight because you have 2, 3, 4 and a 5 which > makes up a small straight. You would need either a 1 or a 6 to score this in > large straight. > Full House A Full House is where you have 3 of a kind and 2 of a kind. Full > houses score 25 points. > i.e.: > 3 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 2 > would score 25 in the Full House category. > First Yahtzee A Yahtzee is 5 of a kind and scores 50 points, although you > may elect NOT to score it as a yahtzee, instead choosing to take it as a top > row score and safe guard your bonus. > As you may noticed, even though Yahtzee is based on 5 dice the rules are > similar to other 5 card based games like poker. > Additional Yahtzees. If you roll a second Yahtzee in a game, and you scored > your first yahtzee in the Yahtzee box, you would score a further bonus 100 > points in the yahtzee box. You must also put this roll into another > category, as follows; > comIf the corresponding Upper section category is not filled then you must > score there. > ie if you rolled 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 and the Fours Category is not filled, you > must put the score in the Fours category. > comIf 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. > Scratch or Dump scores. > > You can score any roll in any category at any time, even if the resulting > score is zero. E.G, you can take 2-3-3-4-6 in the 5's category. It will > score 0. This could be used near the end of a game to lose a poor roll > against a difficult-to-get category that you've failed to fill (eg, long > straight or yahtzee). > Hope this explains the game to where you can start playing, it is a fun > game! > Try practicing with a bot to get the hang of playing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sharonda Greenlaw > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:56 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: dice world username > > I'm joining this convo by saying that my DiceWorld username is > Sharonda3570 and I play pretty much the same games-Farkle, 1,4,24, > and 3's and Pig. I can do these with or without bonus, just depends on > what you want. I don't play Yatzy but wish someone would teach me. I > don't do Baloot either. > > On 10/17/15, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Hi. My username for Dice World is BBS. I like bonus games but will play > > non-bonus games if that's what my opponent prefers. I play Farkle, 3's, 1, > > 4, 24 and sometimes Pig depending on if I have the patience for it. I will > > not play Ballot or Yahtzee so if you challenge me to those two you'll be > > in > > for a rejection. > > > > Shawn > > Sent From My White MacBook > > Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk > > Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs > > Skype username: bbstheblrapper > > Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > > > >> On Oct 17, 2015, at 1:33 PM, don bishop <w6...@donbishop.org> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, Well, guess I might as well throw my diceworld username in here. My > >> username is donbleddeain" and I mostly play farkle (bonus) sometimes > >> 1-14-24. > >> > >> Don > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: chris <challswor...@icloud.com <mailto:challswor...@icloud.com>> > >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > >> Date: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:18 am > >> Subject: Re: dice world username > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> Hi > >>> > >>> My username is christopher916. I play all games but prefer not to play > >>> Balut. My favourite is Farkle and am very good at that. Have beaten > >>> opponents several times now. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 17/10/2015 15:12, Regina Alvarado wrote: > >>>> Since everyone has been giving their username for dice world, mine is > >>>> dogmana and not particularly good at ballut but will play. Anything > >>>> else > >>>> with or without bonus I will play. 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