What is Forced order?
In forced order you do not choose where to score. The boxes are filled from top to bottom in the order of the sheet, one per turn: on your first turn you score in Ones, on the second in Twos, and so on to the last box. Whatever your dice show after the last roll goes into that box, even when it is worth nothing.
That turns the game into a pure test of keeping and rerolling: every turn you know the target before the first roll. Since each number gets only one turn, the bar for the upper bonus is lower: 42 on the five-dice sheets, two of each number, and 63 with six dice. Forced order works on all three sheets and with Triple, where each column fills from the top on its own and you choose which column takes the roll.
Rule changes
| Rule | Standard Five Dice | Forced order |
|---|---|---|
| Where to score | Standard Five DiceIn any open box you like. | Forced orderIn the next open box from the top of the sheet, one box per turn, even if it scores 0. |
| Decisions | Standard Five DiceWhich dice to keep, when to stop rolling and where to score. | Forced orderOnly which dice to keep and when to stop rolling: the box is known before the first roll. |
| Upper bonus | Standard Five DiceNeeds 63 in Ones to Sixes on the five-dice sheets (three of each number), 84 with six dice. | Forced orderNeeds 42 on the five-dice sheets (two of each number), 63 with six dice. The bonus itself is unchanged: 35, 50 or 100. |
| Other options | Standard Five DiceTriple lets you choose the column, and a joker can decide the box for an extra five of a kind. | Forced orderIn Triple each column fills from the top on its own and you choose the column. With a joker option the order still decides the box; the joker only changes what five of a kind scores there. |
History
Forced Yatzy is a common variant of the Nordic game: the boxes are scored in exactly the order of the sheet, starting with Ones, and the bar for the upper bonus drops to 42, two of each number.
This site offers the same order on the classic sheet and the six-dice sheet too. On the six-dice sheet the bar drops by one of each number in the same way, from 84 to 63.