Yahtzee Rules and Scoring
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This is a single player Yahtzee game.
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The game consists of thirteen rounds.
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Each round begins with the rolling of five dice. This is done by
clicking Roll Dice button to start the first round and
Next Round button for all subsequent rounds.
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The player is allowed two more rolls within the round.
The player can choose certain dice to hold their values during
a reroll. This is done by clicking on the checkboxes
underneath and then click the Roll Dice button.
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Each round must be scored in one and only one of the following
categories.
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Ones:
Sum of the ones displayed at time the score is entered.
would receive a score of 4.
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Twos:
Sum of the twos displayed at time the score is entered.
would receive a score of 6.
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Threes:
Sum of the threes displayed at time the score is entered.
would receive a score of 3.
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Fours:
Sum of the fours displayed at time the score is entered.
would receive a score of 8.
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Fives:
Sum of the fives displayed at time the score is entered.
would receive a score of 10.
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Sixes:
Sum of the sixes displayed at time the score is entered.
would receive a score of 12.
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Three of a kind:
Sum of all of the dice provided three of them are the same; zero
otherwise.
would receive a score of 27.
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Four of a kind:
Sum of all of the dice provided four of them are the same; zero
otherwise.
would receive a score of 21.
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Full house:
25 points provided that one has three-of-a-kind and the other two
dice are a pair (are the same).
would receive a score of 25.
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Small straight:
30 points provided four of the dice have consecutive values; zero
otherwise.
would receive a score of 30.
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Large straight:
40 points provided all five dice have consecutive values; zero
otherwise.
would receive a score of 40.
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Yahtzee:
50 points provided all five dice have the same value; zero otherwise.
would receive a score of 50.
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Chance: Sum of all of the dice.
would receive a score of 25.
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This is done by clicking on a radio button for the category and then
clicking the Enter Score button or by double clicking the
scoring category label.
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If the criterion for the chosen category is not met, a score
of zero is recorded for that category.
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Once a category is selected, it cannot be selected again within the game.