Lucky Dice

Ready to push your luck? Then reach for the Lucky Dice and try your chances. The game lasts five rounds with each player taking a turn in each round. To start a turn, a player grabs and rolls two or three dice from the bag. From that point on, the player has a choice of stopping and scoring points, or drawing and rolling three more dice. If a player ever has three of the same number or color showing, that player's turn ends and she scores nothing — unless she also has a die face that shows "Free (number)" or "Free (color)", in which case that number or color can't bust her for the turn. If a player has used all 18 dice in the bag, she must stop. To determine a score for the round, first remove all of the "Free ____" dice, then sum the digits on the dice that remain. If, however, you've rolled one or both of the lucky dice in the bag, your score might be boosted (or halved). A "1:5" on a lucky die, for example, means that 1s give you five points instead of one. A "1/2" means that your sum is halved, but if you roll both "1/2" symbols, then your score is doubled instead. The player with the highest score after five rounds wins!