3 Greed is a dice game played among 2 or more players, using 5
8 Each player takes a turn consisting of one or more rolls of the dice.
9 On the first roll of the game, a player rolls all five dice which are
10 scored according to the following:
12 Three 1's => 1000 points
13 Three 6's => 600 points
14 Three 5's => 500 points
15 Three 4's => 400 points
16 Three 3's => 300 points
17 Three 2's => 200 points
21 A single die can only be counted once in each roll. For example,
22 a "5" can only count as part of a triplet (contributing to the 500
23 points) or as a single 50 points, but not both in the same roll.
28 --------- ------------------
29 5 1 3 4 1 50 + 2 * 100 = 250
30 1 1 1 3 1 1000 + 100 = 1100
31 2 4 4 5 4 400 + 50 = 450
33 The dice not contributing to the score are called the non-scoring
34 dice. "3" and "4" are non-scoring dice in the first example. "3" is
35 a non-scoring die in the second, and "2" is a non-score die in the
38 After a player rolls and the score is calculated, the scoring dice are
39 removed and the player has the option of rolling again using only the
40 non-scoring dice. If all of the thrown dice are scoring, then the
41 player may roll all 5 dice in the next roll.
43 The player may continue to roll as long as each roll scores points. If
44 a roll has zero points, then the player loses not only their turn, but
45 also accumulated score for that turn. If a player decides to stop
46 rolling before rolling a zero-point roll, then the accumulated points
47 for the turn is added to his total score.
49 == Getting "In The Game"
51 Before a player is allowed to accumulate points, they must get at
52 least 300 points in a single turn. Once they have achieved 300 points
53 in a single turn, the points earned in that turn and each following
54 turn will be counted toward their total score.
58 Once a player reaches 3000 (or more) points, the game enters the final
59 round where each of the other players gets one more turn. The winner
60 is the player with the highest score after the final round.
64 Greed is described on Wikipedia at
65 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greed_(dice_game), however the rules are
66 a bit different from the rules given here.