Phase 10 Dice

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Phase 10 Dice
Tin box and dice from Phase 10 Dice
Publisher	Fundex Games
Players	One or more
Age range	Eight and up
Setup time	None
Playing time	Dependent on number of players
Random chance	High
Skills required	Dice rolling, counting, matching, ordering

BoardGameGeek entry

Phase 10 Dice is a proprietary dice game for one or more players made by Fundex Games in 2004. The game is inspired by the card game Phase 10 and also resembles the popular dice game Yahtzee. The object of the game is to score points by rolling certain combinations of dice to complete the 10 Phases in order.

1 Overview of the Rules
- 1.1 Bonuses
2 The Dice
- 2.1 High Dice
- 2.2 Wild Dice
3 Phases
- 3.1 Definitions
4 External links

[edit] Overview of the Rules

Players each roll one of the dice numbered five to 10 to determine who goes first. Once player order has been determined, each player takes turns rolling up to three times. For the first roll, the player rolls all of the 10 dice. The player can set aside any of these dice and chose to re-roll the remaining dice in order to complete the Phase. After the second roll, the player can once again set aside any of the previously rolled dice and re-roll the remaining dice (including dice previously set aside) one last time. After the third roll, the player adds the numerical value of the dice (Wild dice having a value of zero) used to complete the Phase (if a Phase was completed) to their score. Only those dice needed to complete the current Phase are added to the score. If a player cannot complete a Phase, they attempt the Phase during their next turn. Additionally, if a player completes a Phase in fewer than three rolls, the player may wish to take their second and third rolls anyway in order to replace any Wild dice with their natural numbers since Wild dice are worth zero points.

The first player to complete the tenth Phase ends the normal game play, after which each player gets one last try to complete their remaining Phases. If a remaining player completes one of his or her remaining Phases in three rolls, they can attempt to complete any additional remaining Phases in three rolls. If a remaining player fails to complete a Phase, they take zero points for any and all remaining Phases and total their score. The winner is the player with the highest grand total.

[edit] Bonuses

Similar to Yahtzee, Phase 10 Dice offers bonus points to players who meet certain criteria during gameplay. The first bonus is the Five Phase Bonus which awards players 40 bonus points if they have over 220 points after the completion of the fifth Phase. The second bonus, the First Finish Bonus, is typically only awarded to the first player to complete Phase 10. However, this bonus is also awarded to players who are in and complete Phase 10 during the same round if they did not start the game ahead of the first player to finish Phase 10.

[edit] The Dice

Dice used in Phase 10 Dice

Ten unique dice with multiple color combinations are included with the game. There are six "high dice" with values five through ten, and four "Wild dice" with values one through four and two Wilds.

[edit] High Dice

Red 5, Green 6, Orange 7, Blue 8, Red 9, Blue 10
Blue 5, Orange 6, Green 7, Red 8, Green 9, Orange 10
Green 5, Red 6, Green 7, Orange 8, Blue 9, Red 10
Red 5, Orange 6, Blue 7, Green 8, Orange 9, Green 10
Orange 5, Blue 6, Red 7, Blue 8, Green 9, Orange 10
Blue 5, Blue 6, Red 7, Orange 8, Red 9, Green 10

[edit] Wild Dice

Blue 1, Green 2, Orange 3, Green 4, Orange Wild, Red Wild
Red 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Orange 4, Orange Wild, Blue Wild
Orange 1, Red 2, Red 3, Blue 4, Blue Wild, Green Wild
Green 1, Orange 2, Blue 3, Red 4, Red Wild, Green Wild

[edit] Phases

A Phase is a combination of dice. Phases are made of sets, runs, dice of all one color, or a combination of sets and runs. As the name suggests, there are 10 Phases: