Intelligence Dice Game Rules
Intelligence is a dice game for 2-6 players. A game typically takes 15-25 minutes, and the recommended age is 8+.
Rules for Intelligence: Four rolls, five dice and full freedom to rebuild your poker hand along the way. Thinking beats hoping.
Setup
Intelligence is played with five dice and suits two to six players. All you need are the dice and something to note round wins with. The game resembles Poker Dice, but offers more rolls and more choices, rewarding the player who thinks ahead.
How to play
On your turn you roll all five dice. You may then set aside exactly the dice you want and reroll the rest, and you may also pick up dice you set aside earlier and reroll them in later throws. You have four rolls in total.
That freedom to change your mind is what separates Intelligence from simpler poker dice games: a hand you were happy with after the second roll can be rebuilt when the dice offer something better.
Hand rankings
Hands rank as in poker, from five of a kind at the top through four of a kind, full house, straight, three of a kind and two pairs down to one pair and highest die. On equal hands, the higher dice in the hand win.
Winning
Every player takes a turn, and the best hand wins the round. Play to five round wins, for example. Completely equal hands are replayed between the players involved.
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