Five Dice

Computersmith Apps

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this game

** NEW FEATURE: Play against your device **

Five Dice is a dice game very similar to YAHTZEE*, Yachty, Yatzy, & others. It follows the rules of Yahtzee closely. Five Dice has a simple, intuitive interface & is a great go-to for a quick distraction when you're standing in line, waiting for an appointment, or just have a couple of minutes (or hours!) of downtime.

FEATURES:
- 4 game modes - Traditional, Russian Roulette, Sequential & Plus
- Top 10 on-device high scores list
- Google Play leaderboards & Achievements
- Playing stats
- Play against your device
- Multiplayer - local network & 'Play 'n Pass' (up to 10 players)
- Simple interface
- Customizers for dice & score colors
- 2 score styles (solid color or border color)
- 4 languages (English, German, Spanish, Dutch)

Use your skill to maximize your score by playing it safe, or throw caution to the wind and try to rack up multiple Five Dices!

TRADITIONAL GAME MODE:
Traditional mode follows the rules of YAHTZEE very closely. Each turn allows up to 3 rolls & there are 13 turns in a game. Tap on the dice you want to keep after each roll & get maximum points by rolling at least 3 of a kind in each of the left scoring categories. If you score at least 63 points on the left, you get a 35 point bonus. Score in 3 of a Kind, 4 of a Kind, Full House, Small Straight, Large Straight, Five Dice & Chance on the right. Score 50 points for your first Five Dice (5 in a row) & a 100 point bonus for every Five Dice after that. Traditional mode has its own leaderboard.

SEQUENTIAL GAME MODE:
A Sequential game is one where each score must be allocated in the following order:
Left Side - 1's to 6's
Right Side - 3 of a Kind To Chance
When the game starts, all score categories are grayed out & disabled. After the first roll of each turn, the valid category for that turn is enabled & changed to white. After the 3 rolls for the turn are taken, the score must be allocated to the enabled category. The exception to this rule is if a Five Dice is rolled. In this case, the score can be allocated to Five Dice & the sequence is resumed on the next turn. Subsequent Five Dices are awarded a 100 point bonus, but the score must still be applied to the categories in sequence. Sequential mode has its own leaderboard.

RUSSIAN ROULETTE GAME MODE:
One roll per turn & then you must assign a score - even if it has to be a zero somewhere. There is a strategy for maximizing your score - can you figure it out? Russian Roulette mode has its own leaderboard too!

PLUS GAME MODE:
A Plus game is one where unused rolls from a turn are carried over to subsequent turns. In a traditional Five Dice! game, there are 13 turns of 3 rolls each. In a Plus game, there are 13 turns, however in any turn where all 3 rolls are not used, the remainder is added to the next turn. For example, if you only use 2 rolls on your first turn, you will have 4 rolls on your second turn. If you only use 1 of those 4, then you will have 6 rolls on your third turn... Plus has its own leaderboard.

SCORING:
After each roll, all valid scores are highlighted in yellow so you can quickly decide where to apply the results. Where you place the score from each roll is up to you. There are thirteen turns of 3 rolls each per game. After each roll you can choose which dice to keep by touching them, then the remainder will be included in the next roll. At the end of the 3 rolls, you must assign the score before you can move on to the next turn. The first Five Dice is worth 50 points and each subsequent Five Dice will be rewarded with a 100 point bonus. Score 63 or greater on the left side of the score card & get a 35 point bonus.

*YAHTZEE is a registered trademark of Hasbro Inc.

Ratings and reviews

Solid game with multiple ways to play. UI could use some polish. I subtracted a star for the ads (I almost feel like I should have taken off 2). They pop up as soon as you finish your game. You can't even see your score till they are done and you can't cancel out. I get it, you gotta finance your project but come on, dont be like that. Otherwise, like I said very solid game. Great for pooping.

UPDATED REVIEW: The ad issue has been resolved in my case. After trying similar apps, this one is by far the best hands down. OLD REVIEW: Removing my 5 star review. Their ads take over your phone for an extended period of time and halt your audio. I have taken advantage of some of the ads but removing this app.. I understand ads pay bills for the developer but they turned this once great app in to a nuisance.

11/01 @1957 CDT - Apparently now fixed! Allowed me to apply 2nd five of a kind to full straight. Back to 5 stars. 11/01/2021 - With the last update an error was made. According to the rules of Yahtzee, which this game is based on - the first time you roll five of of a kind, the score of 50 is entered into the five of a kind box. On each subsequent roll of the same number on each die, you get a 100 bonus and you should be able to enter the total of the die into any available open box (i.e. if it's sixes on each die: enter 30 in sixes, three or four of a kind or 25 in full house, 30 in small straight, 40 in large straight or 30 in chance). With this last update, you can no longer use that 2nd "Yahtzee" in the full house, small or large straight. Please fix this. Changing from 5 to 3 unless this can be fixed. Thank you. Aug 2021: I like several things about this game. The layout makes good use of the real estate of the display area on my phone (S21 Ultra); if you know how to play Yahtzee, you will have no trouble playing the game. I have not experienced any detrimental issues with the game. Best of all, the ads are not terribly intrusive and they don't last long. I don't think one has gone on longer than 30 seconds and some you can dismiss almost right away. As a result, I'm going to look for more games by this developer and will consider paying for Five Dice, mostly as a "thank you" for their work - not simply to stop the ads.

What's new

- Minor bug fixes & improvements.