Blazing Games - Dozen Days - Dice - Drop Dead

Dozen Days of Dice: Drop Dead

Instructions

General Game play

This game is very simple to play, but is probably more enjoyable when played with real dice, though at least with the computer version you don't have to worry about tracking the points or cheating. The concept is simple. Each player wants to get the highest possible score. This is done by initially rolling 5 dice. If the roll contains any 5s or 2s then no points are scored for that roll. The dice that have 5s or 2s showing are considered dead and are removed. If no 2s or 5s were thrown, then the player adds the total points on all of the thrown dice to his or her score. The player continues to roll until all the dice have dropped dead.

On the computer version, the dice are rolled by simply hitting the roll the dice button. All the scoring and dead dice are tracked by the computer for you. The computer version also gives the player the chance to quit rolling at any time. This feature can be used to skip players if there are under six people playing the game or can be used by the last player if he or she has reached a score that is greater than all the other player's scores and whishes to end the final turn early.

The winner of each round earns 2 points. In a rare case of a tie, every player involved in the tie earns 1 point.