Yahtzee Back To School

Yahtzee with Buddies

Dice with Buddies

The "Back to School" showdown tower started and you only have to face seven dice masters and have to beat Professor Threesium to obtain the pencil custom dice! Can you beat the tower in the 21 days that it lasts? Come on and give it a try before you get caught up with all the homework. 

Since this is such a short tower, there are only Silver (3 dice masters) and Gold levels (4 dice masters). Both Yahtzee with Buddies and Dice with Buddies have the same tower except that the colors are different. Again, the scoring is adaptive so if you're not the best yahtzee player, you still have a chance! Good luck and be prepared to show off your new custom dice.

Don't forget to beat Pastie!

Thank you, Lindsay!




Silver Level Dice Masters
Dunce, 8 Diamonds, 100XP, 30 Crowns, 240, 1BR
Four Eyes, 8 Diamonds, 150XP, 30 Crowns, 257, 3BR
School Bus, 8 Diamonds, 200XP, 30 Crowns, 283, 5BR

Gold Level Dice Masters
Eraser, 16 Diamonds, 250XP, 60 Crowns, 297, 7BR
Cheerleader, 24 Diamonds, 300XP, 90 Crowns, 309, 8BR
Threemo, 32 Diamonds, 350XP, 120 Crowns, 319, 9BR
Prof. Threesium, 40 Diamonds, 400XP, 150 Crowns, 319, 10BR

Defeated Prof. Threesium

You can put Prof. Threesium to shame but scoring a couple of yahtzees.  He will try to sneak a yahtzee in the top section so be sure to go for the knock out.

He will score the exact score that he says he will so there is no need to worry that he'll get that sudden yahtzee to blow you away.  If you're not even close...try the triple replay or second chance.












Tower Complete


Completion bonus is active for this tower meaning that you can earn some extra diamonds, XP and crowns for defeating the tower quickly - in the first five days.

The reward will get smaller as time goes by until the last day.














Sample Pencil Custom Dice









Pencil Custom Dice






















Back to School Ad

Who wants a number #2 pencil?

Roll Like An Egyptian

Yahtzee with Buddies

Dice with Buddies

Roll Like an Egyptian

You have 59 days to compete in the Roll Like an Egyptian Tower in both Yahtzee with Buddies and Dice with Buddies. This tower is a "score contoured." I made that phrase up to reflect what the system does when you play the towers.  If you do really well - have a high average then the score you'll need to beat the dice master will be higher.  Conversely, if you don't do well then the average of the dice master will go down so that you have a chance to progress through the showdown tower.

This tower also has 15 dice masters.  Below is what you'll need to beat the whole tower.  Remember that Scopely has also implemented the streak bonus and how many days that it takes you to beat the tower.  So it's another incentive to beat the tower quickly.  Both Yahtzee with Buddies and Dice with Buddies have the tower.

The length of this tower is twice as long as most of the others.


Bronze
5 Bonus Rolls for Completing

Sphinx
4 Diamonds, 100XP, 15 Crowns, 228, 1
Snake Eyes
4 Diamonds, 150XP, 15 Crowns, 262,2
Croc-o-dice
4 Diamonds, 200XP, 15 Crowns,262 ,3
Marc Antwony
8 Diamonds, 250XP, 30 Crowns,351 ,4
Threeopatra
8 Diamonds, 300XP, 30 Crowns,350 ,5

Silver
10 Bonus Rolls for Completing

Sixplorer
8 Diamonds, 350XP, 30 Crowns, 351 ,6
Threeasure
12 Diamonds, 400XP, 45 Crowns, 351,7
Embalmer
12 Diamonds, 450XP, 45 Crowns,350 ,8
Sarcafourgus
16 Diamonds, 500XP, 60 Crowns, 351,9
Twotunkamun
20 Diamonds, 550XP, 75 Crowns, 352,10

Gold
Ramthrees II
24 Diamonds, 600XP, 90 Crowns, 351 ,12
Bastet
32 Diamonds, 650XP, 120 Crowns, 350,15
Fourus
40 Diamonds, 700XP, 150 Crowns, 350,18
Onesir's
48 Diamonds, 750XP, 180C, 352, 21
Dice-Is
60 Diamonds, 800XP, 225C, 350, 25

The ad from Scopely for the Tower





















Sample Dice







Scarab Custom Dice



Tower Defeated Message

Yahtzee with Buddies XP Frames

Yahtzee with Buddies

Dice with Buddies

XP Frames

Yahtzee with Buddies and Dice with Buddies recently changed to the 150 levels versus the 18 levels that they originally had.  Along with the upgrade came frames that showed a players progress towards the final level 150.

The frames progress from Bronze, Silver, Gold, Emerald and finally Purple (Amethyst). Each frame consists of five "pips" and they are unlocked by getting a particular level.  Each has a different shape too.  You'll notice circle, square, hexagon, 9 sided star and 14 sided star, 









Click Titles for XP Required:

Bronze Level Frames Unlocked
Silver Level Frames Unlocked
Gold Level Frames Unlocked
Emerald Level Frames Unlocked
Amethyst Level Frames Unlocked

Yahtzee with Buddies Levels

Yahtzee with Buddies

Levels and Points Needed

I'm posting the new levels and how many points are required to get to the next level in Yahtzee with Buddies and Dice with Buddies. The "br" stands for bonus rolls. I'll also post at what level frames and badges are unlocked.

In order to keep the posts short, the list while be in groups of ten.  Each of the pages will link to each other so you can go back and forth. Please bear with me as this will take some time to get through all 150 levels.

XP Required:

Level 001-010
Level 011-020
Level 021-030
Level 031-040
Level 041-050
Level 051-060
Level 061-070
Level 071-080
Level 081-090
Level 091-100
Level 101-110
Level 111-120
Level 121-130
Level 131-140
Level 141-150

Ferris Bueller's Day Off Tower

Ferris Bueller's Day Off Tower

Yahtzee with Buddies Edition

Today Scopely revealed the next tower - "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."  It is a dice master showdown that last for 21 more days.  15 Dice Masters that start with Dad, Mom, Ferris, Cameron Frye, and Sloane Peterson in the Bronze level.


To skip (Bronze: 2,3,4,5), (Silver: 6,7,8,9,10), (Gold: 12, 14, 16, 18, 20) if you want to complete the tower in one day without having to wait until the timer runs out.

You get the bright red racing dice when you beat Ferris Bueller in match 15 of the tower.  More to Come...







Bronze (Completion: 5 Bonus Rolls)
Dad: 4 Diamonds, 100 XP, 1 Sunglass, 180 Avg
Mom: 4 Diamonds, 150 XP, 2 Sunglasses, 195 Avg
Ferris: 4 Diamonds, 200 XP, 3 Sunglasses, 215 Avg
Cameron Frye: 8 Diamonds, 250 XP, 4 Sunglasses, 225 Avg
Sloane Peterson: 8 Diamonds, 300 XP, 5 Sunglasses, 235 Avg

Silver (Completion: 10 Bonus Rolls)
Driving Ferris: 8 Diamonds, 400 XP, 6 Sunglasses, 245 Avg
Principal Rooney: 12 Diamonds, 500 XP, 7 Sunglasses, 255 Avg
Tuba Player: 12 Diamonds, 600 XP, 8 Sunglasses, 265 Avg
Singing Ferris: 16 Diamonds, 700 XP, 9 Sunglasses, 275 Avg
Freakout Cameron: 20 Diamonds, 800 XP, 10 Sunglasses, 285 Avg

Gold (Completion: Custom Dice)
Rebel: 24 Diamonds, 1K XP, 15 Sunglasses, 300 Avg
Jeanie: 32 Diamonds, 1250 XP, 20 Sunglasses, 315 Avg
Angry Cameron: 40 Diamonds, 1.5K XP, 30 Sunglasses, 335 Avg
Ed Rooney: 48 Diamonds, 1750 XP, 40 Sunglasses, 340 Avg
Ferris Bueller: 60 Diamonds, 2.5K XP, 50 Sunglasses, 355 Avg

Ferris Bueller Defeated

Ferris Bueller Yahtzee

More to come...

MIG Shot Down By Yahtzee Player

MIG Showdown

The MIG showdown is just like the Cheshire Cat showdown.  If you shoot down the MIG you get a custom MIG Vanity Frame.  If you beat or shoot down the MIG 6 times, you get the platinum dice! Since the challenge is only one dice master, the score is pretty high.  You'll have to get AT LEAST 320 points and as high as 380.  I have noticed that the average changes within this range.

After you beat the MIG six times, it starts all over.  You'll earn 3 diamonds and 250 XP, each time that you beat the MIG.

Remember that the MIG will only show for a very limited time and if you don't finish the entire 13 moves within that time limit, you'll get an error.  Basically, you ran out of time and Yahtzee with Buddies can't find your game anymore.

How do you beat the MIG?  This one was only 320 points but I have seen it as high as 380.


Award for Winning:




















Custom Vanity Frame:





















Defeat the MIG the first time and get the frame.  The next 5 times gets you the silver stars that surround the frame.

Cheshire Cat Comes Out of Hiding

The Cheshire Cat has Come Out of Hiding

Cheshire Cat Challenge

Yahtzee with Buddies has made the Cheshire Cat come out and play against you for the next 48 hours.  The cat has been worn down and now it only takes 360 points to beat him.  Remember that it used to be 395 originally and then lowered to 380 and now finally to 360.

Many of you wrote in and shared your displeasure with how difficult to beat the Cheshire since he scored three yahtzees each time you played him.

You can play the Cheshire Cat over and over again if you have enough rolls to do it.  For others it may be the final opportunity to get the custom dice.

Have you beaten him?

Cheshire Cat

Cheshire Cat in Yahtzee with Buddies Defeated!

You've seen the little sneak pop-ups - "Watch for the Cheshire Cat for rare prizes!" You have to beat the Cheshire Cat in 15 minutes or lose the game. (4/13/2016) I noticed that the time has been bumped up to 60 minutes. He has a 395 average (4/17/2016 - Lowered to 380) and will get three yahtzees in the game.  If you manage to win, you get 10 diamonds, a custom set of Cheshire dice, and 3,000 XP. 

The second time that you beat him in a row, you get 5,000 XP plus the 10 diamonds again. You can play Cheshire Cat again by "paying" 25 bonus rolls before the time runs out or it expires.  Don't worry if you get expired, the promotion lasts for another 22 days.  

You don't get a custom frame or other custom dice.  The message simply repeats for defeating the Cheshire Cat repeatedly.

As always, you get the "YOU WON" pop-up when you defeat the last dice master, in this case the Cheshire Cat.

"You are in the Top 1% of the players!"

If you tap on the continue, you are given the opportunity to keep playing the Cheshire Cat but you have to pay the skip price of 25 bonus rolls for the opportunity.

I have heard from others that Cheshire only appears for about an hour a day.  Catch him while you can.

How to beat the Cheshire Cat is the question when he averages a whopping 395!  Hope you have a few extra bonus rolls lying around.  Remember, the dice have what you need to beat him.  You heard that right!  Sometimes they aren't the dice that are obvious.


A lot of people write in and say they don't know what to look for and if the Cheshire Cat is even available or exists. I did a screenshot so that all can see what the secretive Cheshire icon looks like.

Make sure you hurry up because he isn't going to be around for much longer.

Just in 4/27/2016: Cheshire Cat No Longer Hiding

I've included a sample of the Cheshire Custom Dice that you win if you beat him.  I find the dice a little hard to read while playing so I don't think that I will be using these very much.

Cheshire Cat Sample Dice

Related: Alice in Wonderland showdown, Cheshire Cat Comes Out of Hiding

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

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?

How to Score 880 in Yahtzee with Buddies Part 2

How to Score 880 in Yahtzee with Buddies

Perfect 880 Score

9/1/2016. Caution: You may be sent to the cheater's board. You've been warned.

Getting a score of 880 in a Premium or Daily Tournament takes time. About one or two hours and multiple devices are required to accomplish the 880 score.  This is part II in the post on how to get 880 (a perfect score or 13 yahtzees).  You can read part I here. Thank you for being so patient to those who wrote in to the blog and emailed me.

Some resort to more devices so they don't have to stop and clear the cache (android phones) or reload the app (iPhones).  Someone wrote in and said they had 12 devices!

How do you get 13 yahtzees and not just any 13 yahtzees in a row?  In order to be successful at getting this score, you'll need to score the first yahtzee worth 50 points and it can be any of the yahtzees.  It doesn't matter you get 50 points.  The outline for how to get the next yahtzees are outlined below.




1) 50 points any yahtzee to start off with

2) Go for the upper section dice 1 through 6.  Try to get a yahtzee of each of those.  You must get a yahtzee of each of them.  Doesn't matter in what order, just all of them.  Getting the yahtzees with the correct dice will yield 440 points.

3) You MUST get 3 additional yahtzees of 6s.  One for the three of a kind, One for the four of a kind, and one for Chance.  This alone is 180 points.

Multiple Devices for Getting 880

4) The next three yahtzees can be of anything.  You just need to get three yahtzees and score them in the Full House, Small Straight and Large Straight.  Try to get them in that order.  The reason is that if you can't get a yahtzee the ability to get 25, 30, 40 points will still be possible. The bottom section will also give you 440 points.  Combined with the upper section: 880 points!

5) If you have yahtzee with buddies on Facebook, you can use one turn as a life-saver.

6) Use your triple replay as a last resort meaning that you've used up all the devices and didn't get the yahtzee you needed.

For the devices: They must be different devices.  If you have some that are the same, they will all generate the same rolls! Example: If you have two iPhone 5s' then it won't work. (Thanks to the lady that allowed me to use her devices as an illustration) The method illustrated above also works on Dice with Buddies.

It costs 30, 40, or 100 bonus rolls to play the premium tournaments but the daily tournament is free.  The prizes for the premium tournament can go from 1,000 bonus rolls to 2,000 bonus rolls.  Most of the time the average is 1,000 or 1,800 bonus rolls.

Is this cheating?  The only way to get the platinum dice is to win a premium tournament three times.  This means getting 880.  I have not seen a day that the winner hasn't gotten the perfect score.  It would be nice if the people using these techniques would stick to the premium so that those with not very  many bonus rolls could stick to the daily free tournament.  Better yet, have Scopely fix it (several techinques are available to prevent) so that it is fair for everyone.