About this app
Yamb is one of the best strategy game with five dice which contains a lot of elements of luck, strategy, planning, intuition, experience... The main objective is to score as many points you can. Better player is the player with the highest total.
You can to score points by rolling five dice to make certain combinations to get appropriate points. All dice can be rolled up to three times in a turn to try to make various scoring combinations. You can hold dice by clicking on them after the first or second roll and you can choose to end your turn after one or two rolls so. After each turn you have to type the result in the table - in one box.
The table has 4 columns that you have to fill by the relevant rules.
1) Down column - it have to be filled in order from 1 to Yamb, and the boxes should not be skipped.
2) Free column - it may be filled by your choice, and there are no rules in order.
3) Up column - have to be filled in order from Yamb to 1, and the boxes should not be skipped.
4) Announcement column - one box in this column have to be selected after the first drop. There are no rules in order but you have to fill selected box at the end of that turn.
Each column contains 12 scoring boxes divided between three sections: the upper section, the middle section and the lower section.
Upper section:
In the upper section there are six boxes. The score in each of these boxes is determined by adding the total number of dice matching that box.
Aces '1' - the sum of dice with the number 1
Twos '2'
Threes '3'
Fours '4'
Fives '5'
Sixes '6'
At the end of upper section in each column you can see the sum of all 6 their boxes value - Sum1. If that sum scores a total of 60 or more points, a bonus of 30 points is added to that sum.
Sum1 = Aces + Twos + Threes + Fours + Fives + Sixes
Middle section:
In the middle section there are two boxes.
Maximum (Max) - the highest sum of all dice you can drop at the end of turn.
Minimum (Min) - the smallest sum of all dice you can drop at the end of turn.
Your goal is to achieve the greatest possible difference in these boxis.
At the end of middle section in each column you can see the box - Sum2.
Sum2 = (Max - Min) * (Number of Aces from the same column)
If Sum2 < 0 then Sum2 = 0.
Lower section:
The lower section contains a boxes of poker-themed categories.
Straight - Kenta - this box contains five sequential dice.
If you made good combination (1-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-6) you will get points.
The value that you scores depends on the number of dice rolls.
After the first drop you receive 66 points.
After the second drop you receive 56 points.
After the third drop you receive 46 points.
Full House - Full - three of one number and two of another.
This is a combination of three of a kind and two of the same dice.
It can not be 5 identical dice.
If you made good combination in the box you scores sum of all dice increased by 30.
Poker - Kare - Four of a kind - at least four the same dice.
If you made good combination in the box you scores sum of four the same dice increased by 40.
Yamb - Yahtzee - Jamb - all five the same dice.
If you made good combination in the box you scores sum of all five dice increased by 50.
At the end of lower section in each column you can see the sum of all 4 their boxes value - Sum3.
Sum3 = Straight + Full + Poker + Yamb
The total points you win marked as SumSum.
SumSum = Sum1 + Sum2 + Sum3
It is for all columns and all sections.
Feature:
- Online leaderboard
- Save and continue game
- Back one move
- The best design
- The hardest random numbers
Standard Yamb Pro was made using adobe flash - adobe air software. There are many games like this, but all games have similar rules.
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