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Ok chaps and chappesses and ships animals woof.

I am trying to buy a decent set of poker dice, nowhere seems to stock these weird cubes.

I finally got a set with a nice games compendium but they are teensy and look rubbish. My mum had a nice set of poker dice, but she wont part with them.

So has anyone bought some recently, or seen some in a shop? Where?

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They are better than the set I have, and a reasonable price. I was after 20 or 22mm dice, but thought I would go for these.

£2.95 for five 18mm dice.
£4.95 post and packing

I think not!

Are there none in the shops?

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How do you play poker dice? Is it the same as cards and or is there various games a with cards?

Regards.

Peter

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well found, thank you for that.

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There are lots of different games as you suggest.

A popular version is to throw five and pick up non aces and keep throwing until you have all aces, the amount of throws becomes your score.

Another version which I play is <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.thefinerlife.com/games_library/poker_dice.htm>here</A>

As a non serious gambler I find this allows much more fun, for example, if you just say play 50p per hand or whichever, unlike poker it generally cannot get out of hand. There is no gambling on blind cards, you have two extra throws and thats it, you get a score.

A bit wimpish maybe, but I don't care, also, it is really quick to pick up the rules so anyone can play.

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there are plenty of specialist games shops around. don't know where your couch is but for example Just Games in soho (beak st iirc). there's a good one in crendon st high wycombe.

personally never got past liar dice, which gets boring pretty quickly. what do you play?

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liar dice is the one where you shake the dice in a box which is passed around the table isn't it? People betting on what they believe you have in you hand. Or something similar. If it is I watched a game being played in my old sailing club, but never understood the rules, people seemed to be having fun though....

This could have been something completely different though.

edit>> on searching what I saw was a different game, don't know what it was though.

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liar dice is where you roll the dice hidden, then declare what you have. the next person can then challenge it. if you were lying he wins otherwise you do.

if he accepts the claim you then pass the dice to him as they lie. he then rolls 0-5 of the dice again and claims a new hand which must be higher than the one before. the next person then accepts or challenges as before.

the game continues until someone challenges or 5 aces is reached.

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Sounds like it needs another element - you know, 'strip liar' or 'empty the bottle then buy another round liar'.

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