How to Play Bones (a dice game)

By needham

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Learn how to play bones, a dice game similar to yahtzee. Great as party game or with only two players. in these step by step instructions you will learn how to play and score this enjoying dice game, so grab some dice and give it a try.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • 6 dice
  • paper
  • pen / pencil

Step1
each player rolls one dice. the player with the highest number goes first.
Step2
you need to roll three of a kind, a one, or a five to continue with your turn. place scoring dice aside and roll remaining dice.
Step3
you need to roll 500 to get on the board (start scoring points). once you get on the board you can choose to end your turn at any point after you have scored points. NOTE: if you do not roll any scoring points each roll then your turn is up and you do not get to score any points.
Step4
if you use all the dice then continue scoring points by rolling all six dice again.
Step5
SCORING:

fives = 50
ones = 100
3 of a kind = 1000
4 of a kind = 1500
5 of a kind = 2000
straight = 2500

game goes to 10,000

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