Fennec’s Fivefold
Five dice. Thirteen boxes. Big bonuses.
The five-dice category game everyone knows: roll, hold, roll again, and fill your score sheet one box at a time, with a bonus for a strong top half and a big one for every extra five of a kind. Here is everything you need to know before you sit down.
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- Players
- 1 or more
- You need
- Five dice
- Style
- Roll and fill
- Goal
- Highest total
What is Fennec’s Fivefold?
Thirteen boxes. Every roll counts.
Each turn you roll five dice up to three times, holding the ones you like, then score the result in one of thirteen boxes. Every box is filled exactly once, so the game is about where to spend each roll as much as what you roll.
Two bonuses raise the stakes. Score 63 or more across Ones to Sixes for 35 more. And once you have 50 for five of a kind, every further five of a kind earns 100.
The practice table
Try itLearn it with the dice in your hand.
Play a solo game with our Classic rules. Tap dice to hold them, roll up to three times, then pick a box. The coach suggests what to hold and where to score, and keeps an eye on your bonus.
- Guided start sets up your first two turns, so you see five of a kind and a Large Straight come together.
- Thirteen rounds, one per box. Beat your best score.
- No account, no host, nothing saved but your best score.
Scoring chart
| Box | Looks like | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Fours (three 4s) | 12 | |
| Sixes (four 6s) | 24 | |
| Upper bonus: 63 or more in Ones to Sixes | +35 | |
| Three of a Kind | 20 | |
| Four of a Kind | 23 | |
| Full House | 25 | |
| Small Straight | 30 | |
| Large Straight | 40 | |
| Five of a Kind | 50 | |
| Chance | 23 | |
| Each further five of a kind | +100 |
Classic Fennec's Fivefold 13 rounds
Round 1/13Best: –
Your dice
3 rolls this turn
Score sheet
Upper (63 for +35)0
Total0
Round 1 of 13. Roll all five dice.
You get three rolls a turn. Between rolls, tap dice to hold them.
Quick rules
- Roll five dice up to three times a turn. Between rolls, hold any dice and reroll the rest.
- Then score the dice in one empty box. Each box is used once, and thirteen rounds fill the sheet.
- Ones to Sixes: add up the dice showing that number. 63 or more across them earns a 35 bonus.
- Three of a Kind, Four of a Kind and Chance score the total of all five dice.
- Full House 25, Small Straight (four in a row) 30, Large Straight (five in a row) 40, Five of a Kind 50.
- Each further five of a kind earns 100 while your Five of a Kind box holds 50. It is a joker: it goes in its own upper box if open, else any open lower box at full value, else a 0 in an upper box.
- If the dice don’t fit the box you pick, it scores 0.
Found a bug, or a rule that feels off?Tell us in our Discord →
A little history
A classic by another name.
You probably know this game already, under the name on a box. It comes from the same family as Yacht and poker dice, and the boxed version became a household favorite in the 1950s.
Fennec’s Fivefold is the classic game, renamed for the Feral Worlds menagerie. The rules are the published ones, down to the joker rule for a second five of a kind.
Fun facts
- There are thirteen boxes and each is filled exactly once, so a game is exactly thirteen turns.
- Score 63 or more in Ones to Sixes for a 35 bonus. 63 is exactly three of each number.
- Once you have 50 for five of a kind, every further five of a kind earns 100.
- Each turn you roll five dice up to three times, holding the ones you like.
Why people love it
Familiar. And still exciting.
Everyone knows how to play.
Roll, hold, roll again, pick a box. Your whole table already knows it.
Luck you can steer.
What to hold and where to score are yours to decide, and good choices add up over thirteen rounds.
Bonuses to chase.
The 35 bonus rewards steady play up top. The 100 bonus rewards a lucky streak.
Five of a kind.
Five matching dice gets a cheer from the whole table, every time.
How to play
Roll. Hold. Score.
Setup
- Players: one or more, each with their own score sheet.
- Dice: five standard six-sided dice.
- Who starts: anyone. Play moves round, one turn each per round.
- Length: thirteen rounds, one for each box on the sheet.
Winning
When every sheet is full, add up the boxes and the bonuses. The highest total wins, and a tie shares the win.
- 1
Roll all five
Start your turn by rolling all five dice.
- 2
Hold and reroll
Set aside any dice you like and reroll the rest. You get up to three rolls in all.
- 3
Score one box
Pick one empty box and write in what the dice score there. Your turn is over.
- 4
Five of a kind
All five dice the same is worth 50. Every one after that earns 100 more, and goes where the joker rule says.
- 5
Take a zero
If the dice fit no box you want, you still fill one. It scores 0.
These are our Classic rules, and they'll be shown in every room before the game starts. Printable rules card →
Lessons
Learn it in a few minutes.
7 quick lessons, one idea each. Make the call, see why it works, and move on. Your progress is saved in this browser.
Three rolls
How does a turn work?
Scoring
Thirteen boxes. Two bonuses.
Ones to Sixes count only the dice showing that number. The lower boxes need a pattern, and score 0 when the dice don’t make it.
| Box | Looks like | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Fours (three 4s) | 12 | |
| Sixes (four 6s) | 24 | |
| Upper bonus: 63 or more in Ones to Sixes | +35 | |
| Three of a Kind | 20 | |
| Four of a Kind | 23 | |
| Full House | 25 | |
| Small Straight | 30 | |
| Large Straight | 40 | |
| Five of a Kind | 50 | |
| Chance | 23 | |
| Each further five of a kind | +100 |
Our Classic rules: Three and Four of a Kind and Chance score all five dice. A further five of a kind is a joker: its own upper box if open, else any open lower box at full value, else a 0 in an upper box. The bonus 100 needs 50 in the Five of a Kind box, not a 0.
Strategy
Play it smart. Then play it feral.
Tip 1
Three of each up top.
Three of each number is exactly 63, the bonus line. Four 5s or 6s buy you slack elsewhere.
Tip 2
Hold your matches.
A pair or three of a kind is the start of the upper boxes, the kinds, a full house and five of a kind at once.
Tip 3
Roll for free.
Holding four of a kind, or a straight you already have? Roll the last die: you keep what you have if it misses.
Tip 4
Plan your zeros.
Spend a bad turn on Ones, or on Five of a Kind late in the game, before giving up a big box.
What would you do?
One decision. Every day.
A new Fennec’s Fivefold puzzle every day, the same for everyone. Solve it, then send it to the group chat and see who gets it right.
Want more? See today's puzzles for every game →
Your path to game night
Learn it here. Play it with friends.
Finish the lessons or win a practice game and you're ready to sit down at a real Fennec’s Fivefold table with your people.
The Feral Worlds community
Play-testing Fennec’s Fivefold? Tell us in Discord.
Found a bug, a rule that feels off, or a house rule your family swears by? Our Discord is where we collect play-test feedback, and where game nights are starting to happen.
Glossary
Talk like a regular.
- Hold
- Keep a die out of your next roll. You can change what you hold each roll.
- Box
- One of the thirteen lines on the score sheet. Each is filled once.
- Upper section
- Ones to Sixes. 63 or more across them earns 35.
- Par
- Three of a number in its box: three 4s in Fours is par, 12.
- Small Straight
- Four in a row. Worth 30.
- Large Straight
- Five in a row. Worth 40.
- Full House
- Three of one number and two of another. Worth 25.
- Five of a Kind
- All five dice the same. Worth 50, and 100 more for each one after.
- Joker
- A further five of a kind. It goes in its own upper box if open, else any lower box at full value, else a 0 up top.
- Chance
- Any roll at all. Scores the total of the five dice.
The Feral twist
Still under the hat.
Every game can be played Classic. In Feral mode, the host writes the house rules: the bonuses, the joker, the number of rolls. We'll show you what Fennec's Fivefold can do when it's ready.
In the Dice Games pack
Fennec’s Fivefold is on the ballot.
Backers vote on which dice games join the Dice Games pack. Owning the pack means every one that joins is yours too.
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