face down, in the middle of the table. each player rolls two dice to determine who goes first; the player with the highest roll wins.
on a player's turn, he rolls both dice. then he draws as many cards as are shown on one of the two dice. for example, if a player rolls a 3 and a 5, he can draw either three or five cards from the stock pile. if the player is unsure how many cards he wishes to draw, he can draw the first three, then choose whether to draw two more or not.
after the cards are drawn, the player must lay down stacks of cards that 