Balut Dice Game

Balut Dice is a popular dice game similar to Yahtzee and other similar games. It was invented by an American soldier, who had no regular playing cards to play poker, near the end of World War II. He invented the game to throw effective dice combinations to earn points. In addition to gaining popularity among Danish businessmen, the game was introduced in various parts of the world. It now has a regular fan base thanks to the many organizations and game clubs created specifically for it. The game is played for fun in teams or in different groups of players!

How to play?

The goal in Balut Dice is to score the most points in 7 rounds of play. At the tournament level, the game is usually played at tables of four, although any other reasonable number of players can play. Players receive the maximum number of points if they successfully roll the best dice combination. The player who ends up with the most points wins the game. The game uses 5 standard dice, a mat or any flat surface, a dice throwing vessel, a pencil and a scoring card.

In Balut, each player rolls the dice up to three times, one at a time. The player is allowed to remove or return one or more dice after each roll. Once a die is returned to the container, the player is not allowed to take it out. After three rolls, or even earlier if the player chooses less, the sum of points on the remaining dice is taken as the score for that round.

The scoring notebook contains 7 rows. Each row can be filled only once. If after three throws a player has not scored any points, one row is "erased", i.e. cancelled and is no longer played. All points for each player are obtained by adding up the points on the dice, except Balut Dice, which usually brings 30 points. The player with the most points for the entire game and all rounds wins the game. Good luck!