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Jactus Game Rules Jactus, (casting, orto throw) was played on feast days by Romans around the tenth century BC using six sided dic tesserae, Scoring: 3 points (Venus) rolling five G's # Gils ale 2 points (Caesar roling five 4's eles 4 point (Canis) roling five t's (+--+) Method of Play The game may be played with two to six players, Five dice are required. Each player puts in coins or chips conesponding to the number of players, ie. four players = four coins, six player coins, etc. Next. determine starting plaver, Play proceeds from left to right, each player in tum. rolls the dice tryina to get all fi Example: (fa player ols the doe and opts ane or more sixes, they can se those aside and al the remaining de tying fo get the ful number of sives. Each time-a payer rolls the dice they sef acide any sixes showing andol the remaining dc If aplaye, after four tries, does not have five 6's or 4's or 1s, the dice are passed to the nevt player. The next player h option of picking up al the dice or setting someasideand rong the remainder o achieve the desired score, The next player may use some of the previous players dice throw. Evample: |fthe previous player let wo 5, andthe current player need fous, ay can set esioe the two's and al the remain dice inan ater to get fives's. They have four ties toachieve ther commect score When a player ros the combination of five 6's, orfive 4's, orfive 1's they place the corresponding came piece in th board, This procedures repeated until a player ils their position with al three game pieces and is declared the winn There are tivo ways to distribute winnings: Option 4: The winner takes out the number of ccing corresponding fo the number of players. The othe players take out coi equivalent to the game pieces in their positon onthe board. The winner takes the remainder. Option 2: The vine takes all cans or chips on the boar Crip any Pano. ised

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