OY6 Bag O’ Dice

We picked up Threes from our bartender friends – this is the game they play with their tip money while enjoying an after-shift drink. OY6 Bag O’ Dice… don’t leave for the bar without it.

– 16mm
– 6 dice included
– 5 x 3.25″ organic cotton bag

Threes Rule of Play
Players compete for the lowest score while rolling five dice. Dice are added together based on their face values (1-6), except for 3, which is worth 0. If a player rolls all sixes (6-6-6-6-6), they “shoot the moon” and immediately win the game.

Each player’s turn works as follows:

Roll all five dice
Set aside between one and five dice, which become locked in and cannot be rolled again
Roll all remaining dice
Repeat #2-3 until there are no remaining dice to be rolled
The player with the lowest score wins. If players are tied after a round, they play again with double the stakes to settle the tie.

My strategy is usually to save rolls of 1 and 3 early on, but re-roll all other numbers. Then at some point during the rolling, I’ll start saving rolls of 2 as well, since the probability increases that you’re going to need to keep a larger number if you re-roll.