Cacho (Alalay) Dice Game Rules
How to Play Cacho (Alalay) Dice Game
Objective
Cacho (Alalay) is a popular dice game from Bolivia sometimes called as "The Original Yahtzee".
Cacho is played much like Yahtzee and has been played in Bolivia for generations much before Yahtzee was invented.
The game play of Cacho is much faster and more fun. The game can be played by any number of players but a minimum of two players are required.
Cacho is played with five six-sided dice.
Gameplay
In Cacho there are a total of 10 categories and players get upto 3 rolls to score in each category.
After each roll player can set aside any number of dice and roll remaining dice.
There is a major difference in Cacho compared to Yahtzee as in Cacho after the first roll, player is required to declare a category in which he is going to score.
After declaring a category, player is allowed to set aside any number of dice and then roll remaining dice.
If player decides to change the category afterwards, then he must roll all five dice.
The categories in Cacho are as following
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Category |
Description |
Score |
Ones |
Dice with number one |
Total of ones rolled |
Twos |
Dice with number two |
Total of twos rolled |
Threes |
Dice with number three |
Total of threes rolled |
Fours |
Dice with number four |
Total of fours rolled |
Fives |
Dice with number five |
Total of fives rolled |
Sixes |
Dice with number six |
Total of sixes rolled |
Escalera (Straight) |
Five sequential dice(1-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-6) |
25 if in first roll, 20 for second or third roll |
Un Full (Full House) |
A three-of-a-kind and a pair |
35 if in first roll, 30 for second or third roll |
Poker (Four of a kind) |
At least four dice showing the same number |
45 if in first roll, 40 for second or third roll |
Grande (Five of a kind) |
All five dice showing the same number |
50 |
All categories are scored excatly once except Garnde which can be scored twice.
The scoresheet for cacho resembles tic-tac-toe cross hatch.
The left column in the cross hatch is used to score ones, twos and threes from top to bottom.
The right column in the cross hatch is used to score fours, fives and sixes from top to bottom.
The center column is used to score staright, full house and four-of-a-kind from top to bottom.
Just below the cross hatch there are two spots to score grandes.
Dormida or Grande de Mano is scored when five-of-a-kind is scored in first roll. This automatically ends the game and player rolling it wins the game.
The online version of Cacho does not follow this rule to avoid quick end of the game.