Dice Master All-Stars in Yahtzee with Buddies

Dice Master All-Star

The replacement for the old dice master showdown was released as "Dice Master All-Stars" Instead of having the 25 dice masters, the all-star dice masters only has twenty divided up into Bronze, Silver, Gold and Emerald.  You get the black custom dice for beating the gold level (Lady Rollerby) and you earn the custom frame for beating lady luck at the end of the Emerald level.  

The same rules apply and a skip wait option is provided.  The triple replay and pay to restart option is available.

This particular Dice Master All-Star Showdown will only be available for another 21 days.  Conquer it before it goes away!








Bronze (Reward 5 Bonus Rolls + 10 Diamonds)
Dora Fours: 50 XP, 235 Avg, 2 BR Skip
Suzy Straights: 100 XP, 250 Avg, 3 BR Skip
Rich Six: 250 XP, 270 Avg 4 BR Skip
Cool Drew: 500 XP, 280 Avg 5 BR Skip
Chancella Rex: 1,000 XP, 290 Avg

Silver (Reward 15 Bonus Rolls + 20 Diamonds)
Countess Fourticia: 1,250 XP, 260, 6 BR Skip
Nosferatwo: 1,500 XP, 280 Avg, 7 BR Skip
Fivenstein's Monster: 1,750 XP, 290 Avg, 8 BR Skip
Bride of Fivenstein: 2,000 XP, 305 Avg, 9 BR Skip
Spidey Straights: 2,500 XP, 310 Avg, 10 BR Skip

Gold (Reward 20 Bonus Rolls + 50 Diamonds + Black Custom Dice)
Harelquad: 3,000 XP, 280 Avg, 11 BR Skip
Sir Sixalot: 4,000 XP, 290 Avg, 12 BR Skip
The Dice Mice King: 5,000 XP, 300 Avg, 13 BR Skip
Lord Rollerby: 6,000 XP, 310 Avg, 14 BR Skip
Lady Rollerby: 7,000 XP, 320 Avg, 15 BR Skip

Emerald (Reward 100 Bonus Rolls + 350 Diamonds + Custom Frame)
Fourball: 8,000 XP, 295 Avg, 16 BR Skip
Tuxthreedo: 9,000 XP, 305 Avg, 17 BR Skip
Casarolla: 10,000 XP, 315 XP, 18 BR Skip
Threeopatra: 12,5000 XP, 330 Avg, 19 BR Skip
Lady Luck: 15,000 XP, 340 Avg, 20 BR Skip

Lady Luck Defeated

After you beat Lady Luck, you will receive the following message:

Since there are about 5.8 million player accounts. You can do the math.

Each time that you defeat the 20 dice masters after the first, you earn a little jewel in the crown up to five more times.











Here is a larger version of the custom frame that you earn:

DMS All-Star Custom Frame

The price to complete the Dice Master All-Star Showdown in one day.

Bonus Rolls: +140 
Bonus Rolls Skip Cost: -210
Diamonds: +430
XP: +90,400

Monopoly Community Event in Yahtzee with Buddies

Monopoly Community Event

The Monopoly Community Event has begun.  What is a Yahtzee with Buddies Community Event?  It is where the player attempts to get a certain number of symbols (Monopoly Emblems in this case - Money) within a time period (21 days).  The Monopoly symbols "Little M's" are earned for winning games versus the dice masters in the monopoly tower showdown, or player versus player.  If you collect 240 of these symbols before the community event finishes, you qualify to get a custom set of dice!  But, since the community must also meet a combined total of these symbols to be awarded after the community event finishes.

Notice, I need only 30 more to get the 240 as of this screenshot.

I haven't seen a community event where the challenge wasn't met.

Monopoly Custom Dice Award

These are the custom dice that will be awarded if the money is collected by the deadline. I also saw a platinum monopoly dice that were similar to the president dice but no mention of them yet.  They could be offered via a special diamond purchase.


Do you like them?

Yahtzee with Buddies Monopoly Showdown

Monopoly Showdown is here!  Yahtzee with Buddies just ended the dice master showdown, but we got a new one right away.  Here's what's new in this version of the showdown.

Diamonds are award for advancing, along with XP and Monopoly symbols that you need to hit the magic 240 number to get the community challenge.

There are 15 dice masters in this showdown and they are obviously related to the monopoly theme.  Five dice masters per section or tier (Bronze, Silver and Gold)

As is typical with the showdowns, you can pay a skip wait fee in bonus rolls, otherwise there is a once per day attempt.  The triple replay is in effect also.

Bronze Level (5 Bonus Rolls for Completing)

Mr. Monopoly: 1 Diamond, 100 XP, 1 Monopoly, 180 avg

Donate to Orphans: 1 Diamond, 150 XP, 2 Monopoly, 2 BR to skip, 195 avg

Travel Fund: 1 Diamond, 200 XP, 3 Monopoly, 3 BR to skip, 215 avg

Railroad Trip: 2 Diamonds, 250 XP, 4 Monopoly, 4 BR to skip, 225 avg

Beauty Contest: 2 Diamonds, 300 XP, 5 Monopoly, 5 BR to skip, 235 avg

Silver Level (10 Bonus Rolls for Completing)

Boardwalk: 2 Diamonds, 400 XP, 6 Monopoly, 6 BR to skip, 245 avg

Hospital Bills: 3 Diamonds, 500 XP, 7 Monopoly, 7 BR to skip, 255 avg

Go To Jail: 3 Diamonds, 600 XP, 8 Monopoly, 8 BR to skip, 265 avg

Jailer: 4 Diamonds, 700 XP, 9 Monopoly, 9 BR to skip, 275 avg

Out of Jail: 5 Diamonds, 800 XP, 10 Monopoly, 10 to skip, 285 avg

Gold Level (Custom Frame and Red Monopoly Custom Dice)

Inherit Millions: 6 Diamonds, 1,000 XP, 15 Monopoly, 15 BR to skip, 300 avg

Surprise Delivery: 8 Diamonds, 1,250 XP, 20 Monopoly, 16 BR to skip, 315 avg

Newsboy: 10 Diamonds, 1,500 XP, 30 Monopoly, 18 BR to skip, 332 avg

Utility Work: 12 Diamonds, 1,750 XP, 40 Monopoly, 21 BR to skip, 340 avg

Go Backwards: 15 Diamonds, 2,500 XP, 50 Monopoly, 25 BR to skip, 355 avg

The total cost to beat the showdown was: 149 Bonus Rolls

Prizes: 

15 Bonus Rolls, 

120 Diamonds, 

12,000 XP, 

1 Custom Frame

1 Custom Monopoly Dice

Monopoly Custom Frame:

The frame has the monopoly board colors and the fake monopoly money on the bottom left.  Notice that there are five empty buttons.  You get one filled in for each time that you beat the monopoly showdown tower.

To fill in the whole frame requires beating "Go Backwards" six times.  Once to get the frame and then five more times.

The custom dice that are award:

The monopoly guy is in the center of the one die.  The rest of the dice have numbers on the face of each die.

How to Get Diamonds in Yahtzee with Buddies

Yahtzee with Buddies introduced Diamonds earlier without really giving a way to earn them and didn't explain the most asked question sent in to me: "What are diamonds used for in Yahtzee with Buddies?" and the response is, "Diamonds are used as a form of game currency."  That's a good answer but what do I do with them?  Scopely slowly started incorporating what to do with diamonds - Buy Custom Dice with Diamonds, or skip wait time in the dice master showdowns. 

How do you earn diamonds in Yahtzee with Buddies? Of course you probably want to know how to get them without buying them too!

The examples explain how to get them but don't guarantee that you will get them.  Almost all require that you win the game, either against the computer or person (PvP)

Method One: Buy Diamonds

Qty: 1,125, Cost: $99.99  8.88 cents per diamond

Qty: 510, Cost $49.99 9,80 cents per diamond

Qty: 190, Cost $19.99 10.52 cents per diamond

Qty: 85, Cost $9.99 11.75 cents per diamond

Qty: 40, Cost $4.99 12.48 cents per diamond

Method Two: Earn Diamonds Playing

1) Every day there is a daily challenge to earn both bonus rolls and diamonds.  Today's challenge was to complete 3 gold fast play tournaments (cost 45 bonus rolls) and earn 45 diamonds.  In essence a one-to-one trade.  Sure, I'll be glad to do a one for one.

2) Play the Dice Duels.  The dice duels cost an entry fee in diamonds (1, 2, 5, 10, 25) which represents the different tiers of play (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Emerald, Master).  If you win the match, you'll get either (2, 4, 10, 20 or 50 diamonds).  After you reach 100 wins in duels, 50 diamonds are awarded for each win.  Don't forget that you get one free entry per day (day starts at midnight)

3) Enter the premium tournaments if you have enough bonus rolls.  However, unless you know how to get 880 in a tournament, you should look for winning the honorable mention prize.

4) Be on the look out for the special promo that shows how to get diamonds.  Today, it was enter and win a diamond fast play tournament and win 30 diamonds.  Entry fee was only 3 bonus rolls.  The entry fee is slightly more than entering the 2 bonus roll bronze fast play.

I am hoping that Scopely will create a scratcher for diamonds to match the bonus rolls.  As new ways become available, I'll post about it.

See related: How to Get Bonus Rolls in Yahtzee with Buddies

Dice Duels Season 4 in Yahtzee with Buddies

Scopely introduced a new season of Dice Duels; I'd prefer to call it a new round instead of season but they made a nice change that addressed one of the biggest complaints: players taking too long. More detail about dice duels can be found on this blog..

The time limit went from 12 hours down to 3 minutes.  This means that your game will be over in about most about 39 minutes (13 x 3 min).  I have noticed that the game will end a lot sooner if you score a yahtzee near the beginning of the game.  People aren't forfeiting by tapping on the "white flag," but simply letting the time run out!

Another change is the doubling of the diamond rewards (2 for 1).  Entry fee starts at one diamond get two for winning, then as you advance in level (bronze, silver, gold, emerald) the fee goes to 2 diamonds, then 5 diamonds at the gold level, 10 diamonds entry at Emerald (win 20) and finally 25 entry for master level (win 50 diamonds).  So, you get diamonds and bonus rolls plus XP as you advance with a shorter time fuse.  

The new season lasts until March 21st, 2016.  You have to reach Emerald and win three games in a row to get the dice duel crown. The goal is to get 100 wins.

Do you like the new format?