krybulon: I think the dice Poker basic game should be hust basic. That's also why there is no bonus in that game. So only in the triple.

joshi tm:
doubling cube should keep Dice Poker simple ...
but without a bonus this game is missing very important feature. there is a book about Yahtzee strategy called "Advantage Yahtzee" ... check it out on Amazon.com. I have this book, it's very interesting for Yahtzee players. Bonus makes this game very exciting and without it we miss
huge portion of the flavor. Doubling cube would substitute this lacking excitement.
Tripple Yathzee is a different spiece. It's a very complicated game and there is no need for any doubling cube at all.
Regards.

have you ever played card game GIN ? and did you try to score using Hollywood scoring tables ?
Here is how it works: there are 3 games played and the same time ... each player has three columns, first one for the first game, second for the second, and so on, lol.
For our purpose we substitute card's hand or deal with Poker Dice roll. The idea is the same
for both types of games.
Results for the first game (here, our roll) is posted into the first column, just like in regular Dice Poker game. Second roll is posted into the first and the second column and of course, the player decides where to score in these coulmns (he may choose to score in different spots, for example, in the first coulmn he ma score 66655 as a 3 of a kind while in the second column he may choose to score Full House).
Third roll is recorded in the first, second and third coulmn. From now on, every roll is recorded into 3 coulmns ...
Whoever wins 2 out of 3 games is the winner of the whole match.
Very interesting variant of recording scores and winnings.
Regards,
Andy.

but surely I am adjusting to our Dice Poker without a bonus. Tactics changes dramatically.
There is no more conflict between upper and lower portion of a scoring table. 55564, for example, is always recorded as 3 of a kind now.
There is no more fight to get at least 3 of each kind ... rather than this, upper portion is used as a trash can, especially spaces for 1's, 2's and even 3's ... a race to fill in a lower portion is on ... is it better or worse ? well, it's different and it took me a while to accept the fact that I will never have a bonus points
in our Dice Poker.
Regards,
Andy.

does anyone know a good website where i can learn about the strategy of yahtzee?

to krybulon: you can always play the triple variant?.)

janajana: This link was posted on the Czech board: http://www.howtodothings.com/hobbies/a2056-how-to-play-yahtzee.html

janajana:
sure I can play tripple variant, but bonus for Yathzee is like kontra for Bridge players ...

krybulon: i do not know the rules to Bridge, sorry:-)

janajana:
Fencer likes to play Bridge. Maybe one day we will play this game on Brainking ....

krybulon: lol! i didnt even realize there is no bonus at all in the single version .. i thought it just wasnt displayed .. will change my tactics indeed :)

in the triple version it is though :)

ever considered playing Yahtzee scientifically ?
this little, funny game has deep mathematics behind every roll. there is a new book entirely about Yahtzee and its strategy. check it out.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art29081.asp

you can play on-line maxi (6 dice) Yahtzee
http://www.afunzone.com/MaxYPE/maxy.htm
and Tripple Yahtzee on-line
http://www.rekenwonder.com/yahtzee/yahtzee.htm

i quite like the tips at http://www.yahtzee.org.uk/

Fencer, is it possible to introduce a Joker in Dice Poker ... ? I mean the second 5 in a row could work like this and the player could freely choose h/is/er score ?
Andy.

krybulon: No, the rules are set and I don't want to change them.

Yahtzee without the bonus just isn't Yahtzee. It's a very different game. Can we have the real thing please? It IS out of copyright I believe.

jryden: i agree .. i often think i have some spares which i already filled in ... because i looked at my opponents side

a coloring would of my side would be best i think

Hrqls: i VERY MUCH agree

jryden:
since bonus is not available whay not use doubling cube ... common guys, let's introduce doubling cube ... I've already seen so many fine situations that screamed for doubling cube action ...
and yes, there is something disturbing with the present highlighting the cells ... I made several mistakes rolling for opponents cells.
Regards,
Andy.

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Dang, I didn't notice there wasn't a bonus.  Boo!

alanback: Yeah, that is the only flaw, in my opinion. To me, a major part of the game is missing without the bonus. That's why I'll probably mostly play the Triple version.

Hey, all.. does the Triple Yahtzee game that you can buy have different colors on the dots of the dice? Or was that yet another variation? For some reason I thought I remembered green, black, and red dots...

    Whups, now I see that Triple Dice Poker does have a bonus ... how confusing is that!

But why aren't the bonuses doubled or tripled?

I'm wondering if you already have a Yahtzee & then you get another 1, & let's say, you have a Large Straight still open, can you put that roll (Yahtzee) in it & still get credited for the 40 pts for the Large like in the regular version of Yahtzee? Thanks!

MagicDragon: A second 5 of a kind can go in 3 of a kind, 4 of a kind spot or up top if the slot is open ( ie you get 5- 5's and u need 5's put it in there)

MagicDragon: a second yahtzee cant be put anywhere else than in its regular places .. 3-of-a-kind, 4-of-a-kind, chance, and any of the top half (where it will only give points on 1 of them (the one with which the yahtzee is made :))

we dont have the rule that you describe .. we gain an extra 100 points for an extra yahtzee and then have to enter the extra yahtzee somewhere in the normal way as i described above ..

on brainking we dont get the 100 bonus points though :)

(btw you cant use a yahtzee for a fullhouse)

Hrqls: Or for a small or large straight which is what he was asking about.
I guess I didnt explain it right in my post!~

i sort of hoped i could use it for full house too, but no:/ http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r269/kjana/Snapshot2007-02-2620-44-57.jpg talk about bad luck

janajana:  Yes, even without the "second Yahtzee wild" rule, there's a case to be made that 5 of a kind should qualify as a full house.

alanback: Youre right because it actually is a true full house, 2 of a kind and 3 of a kind.. just the same kind!

I think people won't stop complaining about crippled Dice Poker ... game of Yahtze is so popular that stepping down to Dice Poker is felt like punishment ... but for what ? I've seen many yahtzee-like games having built in bonus.
The only difference was the name of the game.
Fencer, I know you said NO to any changes, but
I am sure this particular case of game asks for
some kind of compromise ... please think it over again.
Krybulon.

alanback: No, they are all there in my games.

alanback:
It is working fine for me, both the single and triple variants

I am curious to see if we could have a variant where at any point during the game you go up by 100 points you automatically lose. I think it would be cool to see, because it would cause some strategy to be added to a game that is mostly luck.

The goal if neither player was ever up by 100, would still be to win the game by having more points. I think it sounds very interesting!

Any thoughts?

rednaz23: I think it would be very simple to put 0 for every catergory except for Chance - so I would think most of the time it would not be to much fun.

Some variants I would like to see:

1. 6 dice version - with some different categories and such (both single & triple)

2. Bankroll Dice Poker - You start the game out with a bankroll of 26 rolls (78 for triple version). So you can use more then the normal 2 extra rolls for each round if you need to - but will run out by the end of the game - or use 0 or 1 roll to have extra rolls later on in the game. So if you REALLY need 5 in a row to catch up and have plenty of rolls left, you can roll extra times to try to get it. (I'm debating if it should be 26/78 - or add an extra 5 rolls to each to make the starting bankroll of 31/83 rolls for each game.)

BIG BAD WOLF: That is what I mean! You need to allow yourself the chance to win, without allowing your opponent the chance to force you into being up by a 100 point margin... Does that make sense? There is a lot more strategy in this version than the current TPD... It would make for a very interesting game, I bet you would actually like it because it would require tons more stategy than the current game...

Anyone interested in trying an unrated TPD game with those rules? (The one additional rule is you lose if up by 100 or more points at any point in the game)

Phil

BIG BAD WOLF: Yes! Bankroll Dice Poker will extend the game's strategy even further. Also how about another DP variant that adds the bonus rule to the simple (13 turn) chart? The game's strategy will change also cause 35 points is pretty much in normal DP and you can't just put a bad result on the threes anymore, e.g.

doubling cube would solve all the problems with Dice Poker ... but nobody wants to listen ...

I just finished a game with a score of 1800 -- seems to me that's a pretty good score, though I didn't feel I was burning down the home stretch.  What's your best score?

Has anyone suggested a solitare version of Dice Poker?

i scored 5 yahzee's in this game
Triple Dice Poker (LdyBlueEyes vs. "Snoopy")

can anyone beat that

the webtv fs needs 3 more dice poker players to be able to join fencer's team tourns. you don't need to have webtv, it would be to help us out, there's quite a few of us there that have pcs now. of course you can leave after the tourn.
thx. ellie

alanback: i'm curious aswell what the best total someones acheived? i got 1840 w/6 yahtzees but havent played many games .

whose got and what is the record?