Scoring Variations
Since farkle is a folk game, variant rules are used in different playing communities. While the standard rules described above are widely used, even they are not universal. For example, the commercially marketed game of Pocket Farkel differs in that three 1s are scored as 300 rather than 1000. In addition, some players score one or more combinations of dice beyond the standard ones. Those variations include the following.
- No scoring dice are rolled (e.g. 2-2-3-4-6-6) is scored as 500.
- Three pair (e.g., 1-1-4-4-6-6) is scored as 500, 600, 750, 1000, or 1500.
- A straight (1-2-3-4-5-6) is scored as 1000, 1200, 1500, or 2500.
- A full house (three of a kind and a pair) is scored as the three of a kind value plus 250. e.g. 3-3-3-2-2 = 550, 4-4-4-3-3 = 650, 5-5-5-1-1 = 750, 1-1-1-3-3 = 1250
- Four, five and six of a kind are scored in one of 3 ways: adding, doubling or set value:
- Adding, for each additional matching die above 3 of a kind, the 3 of a kind score is added. e.g. 3-3-3 = 300, 3-3-3-3 = 300 + 300 (600), 3-3-3-3-3 = 300 + 300 + 300 (900) and 3-3-3-3-3-3 = 300 + 300 + 300 + 300 (1200).
- Doubling, for each additional matching die above 3, 4 or 5 of a kind the score is doubled. e.g. 3-3-3 = 300, 3-3-3-3 = 300 × 2 (600), 3-3-3-3-3 = 300 × 2 × 2 (1200) and 3-3-3-3-3-3 = 300 × 2 × 2 × 2 (2400)
- Set value, 4 of a kind is scored as 1000 or 2000, 5 of a kind is scored as 2000 or 4000 and 6 of a kind is scored as 3000, 6000 or 10000
| Dice value | 3 of a kind | Adding | Doubling | Set value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 of a kind | 5 of a kind | 6 of a kind | 4 of a kind | 5 of a kind | 6 of a kind | 4 of a kind | 5 of a kind | 6 of a kind | ||
| Two | 200 | 400 | 600 | 800 | 400 | 800 | 1600 | 1000 or 2000 | 2000 or 4000 | 3000, 6000 or 10000 |
| One (low) | 300 | 600 | 900 | 1200 | 600 | 1200 | 2400 | |||
| Three | 300 | 600 | 900 | 1200 | 600 | 1200 | 2400 | |||
| Four | 400 | 800 | 1200 | 1600 | 800 | 1600 | 3200 | |||
| Five | 500 | 1000 | 1500 | 2000 | 1000 | 2000 | 4000 | |||
| Six | 600 | 1200 | 1800 | 2400 | 1200 | 2400 | 4800 | |||
| One (high) | 1000 | 2000 | 3000 | 4000 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | |||
Like the standard combinations, any of these variant combinations must be achieved in a single throw.
These are the variations listed in the above-cited descriptions of farkle scoring, but further variations presumably exist. Since it is a folk game, players are free to agree upon whatever scores they choose for whatever combinations they choose to recognize.
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