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Balut is played with five six-sided dice. Balut is a game of dice, similar to Yahtzee, created by United States soldiers as an alternative to poker, and is a popular pastime of businessmen overseas. The game is named after a delicacy made from the fetal duck egg available in some Southeast Asian countries. [1]
A Farkle game in progress; a pair of three threes has been set aside, earning 300 points. Farkle, or Farkel, is a family dice game with varying rules. Alternate names and similar games include Dix Mille, Ten Thousand, Cosmic Wimpout, Chicago, Greed, Hot Dice, Volle Lotte, Squelch, Zilch, and Zonk.
If the player throws a Yahtzee and has already filled the Yahtzee box with a score of 50, they score a Yahtzee bonus and get an extra 100 points. However, if they throw a Yahtzee and have filled the Yahtzee category with a score of 0, they do not get a Yahtzee bonus. [4] In either case they then select a category, as usual.
The two players move their pieces in opposing directions, from the 24-point towards the 1-point. [49] Points 1 through 6 are called the home board or inner board, and points 7 through 12 are called the outer board. The 7-point is referred to as the bar point, and the 13-point as the midpoint. The 5-point for each player is sometimes called the ...
2-to-1 if 4 or 10 is the point, 3-to-2 if 5 or 9 is the point, or; 6-to-5 if 6 or 8 is the point. Unlike the Pass line bet itself, the Pass line odds bet can be turned "Off" (not working), removed or reduced anytime before it loses. In Las Vegas, generally odds bets are required to be the table minimum.
(10) Pearl (5 pt, ≈1.764 mm) and (11) Diamond (4.5 pt, 1.5875 mm). Fonts originally consisted of a set of moveable type letterpunches purchased from a type foundry. As early as 1600, the sizes of these types—their "bodies" [1] —acquired traditional names in English, French, German, and Dutch, usually from their principal early uses. [2]
The kezayit is, by different sources, considered equal to 1 ⁄ 2 a beitza, 1 ⁄ 3 of a beitza, or not directly related to the other units of volume. The omer , which the Torah mentions as being equal to one-tenth of an ephah , [ 30 ] is equivalent to the capacity of 43.2 eggs, or what is also known as one-tenth of three seahs . [ 31 ]
For example, on a throw of 5-3, the player may move one man forward by 5 points and a second man by 3 points; or one man by 8 points, as long as the 3rd or 5th point en route is open. If a doublet is thrown, this counts as four separate moves each of the number thrown. Thus, on the throw of a double 4, the player may either move one man 16 ...