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How to Play Drop Dead Dice

This dice game is fun and oh-so-simple to learn. Players take turns rolling the dice, with players completing their turns one at a time. It goes by quickly and is a fun way to "kill time." This will be one game that your whole family can enjoy together. Just follow the instructions below.

Things You'll Need

5 dice
Sheet for scoring

Instructions

- 1
  Take the dice when it is your turn. Roll all five die at once.
- 2
  Sum up the numbers on all 5 dice if you do not throw a 2 or a 5. Write this number on the score sheet.
- 3
  Look for any die showing a 2 or a 5. Remove these dice and place them to the side--they are now dead. You get no points for a round if you roll a 2 or a 5.
- 4
  Roll the dice again, and, as before, score the numbers showing if you did not roll a 2 or a 5. Continue to remove any 2's and 5's and roll without them, giving yourself a score of zero for a roll containing either of these numbers.
- 5
  Continue rolling until the last die comes up as a 2 or a 5--when this happens, you have "dropped dead."
- 6
  Hand the dice over to the next person. Go around the group until everyone has completed his turn.
- 7
  Add up the scores. The person with the highest score wins.

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