Generala 2.1.2

Generala is a game played by two or more players. Players take turns rolling five dice. After each roll, the player chooses which dice (if any) to keep, and which to reroll. A player may reroll some or all of the dice up to three times on a turn.

The following combinations earn points:
• Ones, Twos, Threes, Fours, Fives or Sixes. A player may add the numbers on any combination of dice showing the same number. For example, 4-4-4-2-6 would score 4 + 4 + 4 = 12 points in "Fours" or 2 points in "Twos" or even 6 points in "Sixes". Once a player has taken points on a specific combination, he or she may not take points for that combination again during the game.
• Straight. 20 points. A straight is any combination of dice in order: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, or 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Additionally, in a straight, a 1 can be placed after a 6, meaning a 3, 4, 5, 6 and 1 is also legal. A variation of this rule includes all combinations where only one number is missing, e.g. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 or 1, 2, 3, 4, 6. Another variation allows a 1 to replace a 2 in a straight, e.g. 1-1-3-4-5 or 1-3-4-5-6.
• Full house. 30 points. Any set of three combined with a set of two. For example, 5-5-5-3-3.
• Four of a kind. 40 points. Four dice with the same number. For example, 2-2-2-2-6.
• Generala. Points vary between either 50 or 60 points achievable when all five dice show the same number.
• Double Generala (optional). Points range from either 100 or 120 when all five dice show the same number for the second time during the game.

A player may choose in which qualifying category to score a roll. For example, one need not enter a combination such as 3-3-3-3-3 in Generala – it may also be scored in Threes or Four of a kind.

If a player makes a Straight, Full House or Four of a Kind on the first roll of a given turn, it is worth an additional 5 or even at times worth up to an extra 10 points. A player who achieves Generala on the first roll of a turn automatically wins the game.

A player who fails to make any valid score or chooses not to take any other score may scratch (eliminate) a category such as Generala or Twos. If a player scratches a category it means that player cannot score on that category for the remainder of the game. Specifically if a player scratches Generala and subsequently rolls Generala on the first roll of a turn it may not be used as an automatic win.

The victor in cases where no automatic Generala win occurs is decided by determining who finishes the game with the most accumulated points.