title: Function not updating global variable
body: <p>I'm writing a program that simulates a game of Bunko for my compSci class, but I'm having issues getting the function <code>scoreCalc</code> to modify the global variable <code>playerScore</code>. The game pits a player against the computer, so I wanted to be able to use one function to determine the score and just pass an in argument to increment the correct score respectively. However, the function is not saving the value of <code>playerScore</code> across multiple plays, resetting to 0 with each round. I'm new to functions, so I'm sure the issue is likely something trivial, but I appreciate any and all help!</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-python prettyprint-override"><code>dieList = []
  sixCount = 0
  playerScore = 0
  
  
  def rollDice():    
      global sixCount
      sixCount = 0
      dieList.clear()
  
      die1 = random.randint(1,6)
      die2 = random.randint(1,6)
      die3 = random.randint(1,6)
  
      dieList.append(die1)
      dieList.append(die2)
      dieList.append(die3)
  
      print(dieList)
  
      for x in dieList:
          if x == 6:
              sixCount += 1
      print("sixCount:", sixCount)
      return
  
  
  def scoreCalc(x):
      if sixCount == 1:
          x += 1
      elif sixCount == 2:
          x += 5
      elif sixCount == 3:
          x += 21
      return x
  
  
  print()
  print("Player's turn!")
  print('*' * 30)
  input("Press ENTER to roll the dice")
  print()
  rollDice()
  print("Score:", scoreCalc(playerScore))
  </code></pre>