Rules
On your turn, keep rolling 2d6 as many times as you like.
- The sum of the two dice adds to your turn total.
- Roll a 7 and the turn total wipes. Your turn ends.
- Bank any time to add the turn total to your score and pass.
First player to 50 wins.
History
Sevens Out is a folk dice game in the Pig family - same push-your-luck shape, just with two dice instead of one. The bust face changes from a single 1 (1/6 odds) to any sum of 7 (also 1/6 odds, since 7 is the most common 2d6 sum), so the per-roll risk is identical. What changes is the payoff: the average non-bust roll is around 7.4 versus Pig’s 4, so turns build faster and the bank decision arrives sooner.
The bot here uses a flat threshold of 16 - simpler than Pig’s leader-aware policy, but the lower variance ceiling keeps it competitive across the whole game.
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