Instructions / Assembly

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.
Toscoreyourcombinationof5dice,writeitonthescorecardunderyournametothecategoryofyour
choosing.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Yardzee
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.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
Largescores40points.Soifyourolled:2-3-2-5-4youcouldscore30inSmallStraightor0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Yardzee-AYardzeeis5ofaKindandscores50points,althoughyoumayelectNOTtoscoreit
asaYardzee,insteadchoosingtotakeitasatoprowscoreandsafeguardyourbonus.
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.
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
(e.g.LongStraightorYardzee)
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GameStart
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Scoring