Aces dice game also known as Aces To The Center, Deuces To The Left and Fives To The Right is a simple game played with 5 dice. The objective of the game is to win by rolling a 1 for your last die. Aces refer to a 1 on the dice and Deuces refer to a 2 on the dice.
No Of Players:
3 or more players
Setup:
All players start with 5 dice initially.
First Turn:
All players roll their 5 dice and the player with highest poker hand gets the first turn to roll. Poker hands are ordered in sequence from highest to lowest as following
- Five of a kind – All 5 dice showing the same number
- Four of a kind – 4 dice showing the same number
- Full house – 3 dice with one number and 2 dice showing another number
- Straight – Five sequential dice(1-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-6)
- Three of a kind – 4 dice showing the same number
- Two pairs – 2 dice pairs showing same number
- One pair – 2 dice showing same number
- Bust – All dice are different
Players can take turn in the order of their poker hands. Alternatively, only the player with highest poker hand starts the turn and then remaining players take turns in clockwise manner.
Aces Dice Game Play:
Each player on his/her turn keeps rolling dice as per the following rules
- If player rolls a 1 (an Ace), then that die is removed from the game and placed to a common place.
- If player rolls a 2, then that die is passed to the player on the left.
- If player rolls a 5, then that die is passed to the player on the right.
- Players keep rolling remaining dice until either they have no die left or they did not roll a 1, 2, or 5 after which turn is passed to the next player.
- Turn is passed in sequence and if the player has no die to roll then he/she loses his/her turn.
- Players on their turn roll all dice including the ones passed to them by other players.
- Players are never out of the game since they can get dice from other players anytime as per the rule of dice values 2 and 5.
- Player wins the game immediately if he/she has only die left and he/she rolls a 1 on his/her turn.
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