Generala · the exact count

The odds of each play

We count all 7,776 possible rolls of five dice and follow each strategy to the end. No simulation: these are exact fractions.

Girl sitting at a table looking closely at a die, with a small notebook on her knee

On the first roll

Servida

Play	Rolls of 7,776	Chance	%
Generala	6	1 in 1,296	0.08%
Four of a kind	150	1 in 51.8	1.93%
Full house	300	1 in 25.9	3.86%
Straight	240	1 in 32.4	3.09%

Straight 1-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-6, as in Ruibal's official rules.

Generala in a turn

If you go for it

In 1 roll 1 in 1,296
In 2 rolls 1 in 79.2
In 3 rolls 1 in 21.7

Always keeping the dice of the number you rolled most.

The whole score sheet

How much you add up playing perfectly

On average151.7points

This is the average of a full score sheet with the best decision on every roll, not counting a servida generala. In the game against the computer, the hard level plays this way.