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How can I win this game?
1 of 4: During each player's turn, he can choose to roll the dice (repeatedly) to get more points, or he can choose to store his points.
2 of 4: A player's turn ends when he chooses to store his points or when he rolls a skull. Rolling a skull will remove all of the points the player has accumulated in that turn, which is why the option to store points is a good one to use.
3 of 4: I found the following strategy to work fairly well:
* Always store your points after rolling a 5, even if it's your first roll. * Always store your points after two rolls, unless you've gotten less than 4 points total from those rolls. * If you do three rolls, always store your points after that no matter what your total is.
4 of 4: That strategy doesn't always work, but if you lose, you can keep replaying the game until you win.
