Dice with Ellen

Yahtzee with Buddies

Dice with Buddies

Dice with Ellen

Dice with Ellen

I saw Dice with Ellen and loaded it up.  The first thing I noticed was that the email option for playing was missing and I had to use Facebook to join.  I don't like any game that makes you use a social media account to play it.

The game is pretty much the same except with a whole lot of sounds, and graphics.  Ellen Degeneres appears a lot through the game and the sounds remind me of an arcade game so, I turned all the noises off very quickly.

I like that the whole playing sheet is on one page and don't have to scroll to get to the lower section but the Android versions already have that on Yahtzee and Dice with Buddies.

There is a "Do-Over" button with the submit button available right next to the square that you are playing.

Of course, since this is a co-branded game, there are specific items available only in the Dice with Ellen game.


Average Andy Challenge, Ellen's Squad, Ellen's Lucky Dice are among the unique things available to this version of the game.  The tournaments and events are available in this version. All the players on Yahtzee with Buddies, Dice with Buddies and Ellen can play each other if you start a game using their username.

I already uninstalled the game.  Have you played the Dice with Ellen?  What do you think?

All Available Yahtzee Custom Dice

Yahtzee with Buddies

Dice with Buddies,

All Custom Dice

One of my blog readers has compiled a very extensive list of all known custom dice that have been seen on Yahtzee or Dice with Buddies.

The link goes to a google docs apart from this blog.  Thank you, Xaimuu.

As you can see, there are at least 382 with some unreleased custom dice forthcoming.  The Scopely designers are hard at work creating more.  There is something for guys and gals.

Which is your favorite set of dice?

200 Bonus Roll Yahtzee Scratcher Win

Yahtzee with Buddies

Dice with Buddies

200 Bonus Roll Win

Yahtzee 200 Bonus Roll Win

I posted a screenshot of a 50 bonus roll scratcher win and I have received a 100 bonus roll win screenshot from a reader of this blog.  I finally received the 200 bonus roll screen shot!

I've gotten another 25 and 50 bonus roll wins but the 100 & 200 bonus roll wins elude me.

One thing I noticed is that someone has 3551 scratchers!  How many do you have?  I only have 2185.  I rarely scratch them.

Image Credit: Denise W.

Weekly Challenge

Yahtzee with Buddies

Dice with Buddies

Weekly Challenge: The weekly challenge was finally released in the update to the iPhone applications (Dice with Buddies, Dice with Buddies FREE and Yahtzee).  The Android versions of these three apps had been released months ago.  All the versions across all platforms will eventually be in the same, or the "unity" version.

Goal: The main goals is to reach a point total to unlock a custom set of dice.  A huge complaint of many is that only the cheaters/exploiters could get the custom dice by playing in the tournaments or defeating a tower.  This allows you to get a custom set of dice once per week!

The goal this week is 5600 on Dice with Buddies, Dice with Buddies FREE is 11,560 and Yahtzee it is 6700.  The goal has been as low as 3800 on Dice with Buddies.  I was wondering if they had a formula to detect how many players you have on your list and adjust according to that.  My guess is they average how many people they want to get the dice. The top number for the point goal has been 10,000.  It's cool to see your friends up there and see if you can come out on top.  The most I have seen is someone that finished with 124,000 for the week!

Prizes:  Along the way to getting the custom dice, you can unlock secret gifts.  These gifts can include XP, Diamonds, and even a random dice if you're lucky.  But what happens if you get a custom set of dice that you already have?  You can gift them to a Facebook buddy. Or, you can click on the "select random" and you will start a "gifting game."  The background is blue on your player list.

History: At first the Dice with Buddies version allowed only three of the people that you currently have on your player list to be on the tower or road that you are playing on for the weekly challenge.

The number of players I have seen is now up to 13.  What have you seen?  I think it depends on server load but I would be happy with the top ten.

Differences: I have played the weekly challenge on all six apps and notice that Dice with Buddies and Dice with Buddies Free points will count for each other but that the goal will be different.  Yahtzee with Buddies will not see the points played on DWB or DWBF and vice versa.