Poker Dice takes the best of Poker and Yahtzee and throws them far, far away. Imagine if a Yahtzee score sheet had only 6 scoring possibilities per game. Now imagine a hand of poker where every player can only play blind bets and nothing more once the cards were dealt. Oh yeah, and the deck has all cards valued 2-8 removed. Welcome to the tiresome world of Poker Dice.


Components:
The components are quite possibly the only good part of the game. I had a set from France that came in a small round tin. Inside were 5 wooden dice with ornately designed dice showing 9, 10, J, Q, K and A.

Rules:
You roll the dice up to three times, keeping what you'd like after each roll like Yahtzee. The hands are ranked much like poker except the possibility of a 5-of-a-Kind sans Jokers. The suits are purely decorative--there are no flushes.

Possibility for Improvement
The only way I can imagine the game to be improved on is to add a second set of dice so that each player may roll simultaneously and bet after each roll, or play a Hold 'Em style where each player gets to roll two die for themselves (remained hidden from their opponent) and then roll three community die one at a time with betting between each roll.

No, scratch that. If you want to play poker, play poker. If you want to combine gambling with Yahtzee, play for a buck a game or a dime a point. Get Poker Dice for the nice-looking dice, because that's all they really have to offer.

This review is written in response to Reprint's GeekList Ranked Games without reviews ( http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/28968).