Gang of Dice

Gang of Dice is a dice-rolling, luck-pushing game that is considerably faster (and we would argue, considerably more fun) than Yahtzee.

It shares some characteristics with the venerable dice-roller however: Everyone gets a bunch of dice, and on your turn you roll up to three times, choosing which dice (if any) to keep between rolls. Everyone gets one turn per round, and each round is mostly about trying to roll the highest. But! There are three weighty caveats. The first is that you can roll as many of your dice as you like (up to the amount you have, at least). The second is that dice are also points, and whomever wins the round claims all players’ wagered dice for themselves. And the third is that in each round, there’s a combination that can bust you.

These combinations are revealed on cards, showing for instance that if after your final roll you have a run of numbers, you’re bust. Or if you roll two fives at any time, you’re instantly bust. So there’s a lot of luck involved and things can blow up in your face. But there’s also some control in how you go about things and how much you risk: including how many dice you roll in the first place. The cards also form the game’s timer: when the deck runs out, the game is over!

As well as the dice you begin with, everyone also has a stack of chips, each worth three dice (or three points, of course). At any time in the game players can buy dice off each other with these chips, and no doubt this will occur as players run out of dice and need to resupply. After the final round, each die is worth a point and each chip worth three points. Most points wins!