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Over 13 rounds, players take turns to roll three dice and assign them to certain combinations in a table. After throwing the dice, a player may choose to reroll any number of those dice. This second roll is final, at which point the player chooses which scoring category is to be used for that round. Once a player has used a category, they cannot use it again.
The scoring categories have varying point values, some of which are fixed values and others where the score depends on the value of the dice. The winner is the player who scores most points.
The following are the 13 categories and the points scored in those categories: [1]
| Category | Description | Score | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crag | Any combination containing a pair and totalling 13 | 50 |   scores 50 |
| Thirteen | Any combination totalling 13 | 26 |   scores 26 |
| Three of a Kind | Three dice showing the same face | 25 | scores 25 |
| Low Straight | 1-2-3 | 20 |  scores 20 |
| High Straight | 4-5-6 | 20 |  scores 20 |
| Odd Straight | 1-3-5 | 20 | scores 20 |
| Even Straight | 2-4-6 | 20 | scores 20 |
| Sixes | Any combination | The sum of dice with the number 6 | scores 18 |
| Fives | Any combination | The sum of dice with the number 5 | scores 5 |
| Fours | Any combination | The sum of dice with the number 4 | scores 8 |
| Threes | Any combination | The sum of dice with the number 3 | scores 9 |
| Twos | Any combination | The sum of dice with the number 2 | scores 4 |
| Ones | Any combination | The sum of dice with the number 1 | scores 3 |
If a category is chosen but the dice do not match the requirements of the category the player scores 0 in that category.
The maximum possible score is 244. [1]
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