Overview
Bumpkinland's Double Dice Poker™ is similar to Hasbro's Yahtzee™ with a few key differences. First and foremost, instead of standard dice, Double Dice Poker™ uses "card dice". Each face on a die represents a card 10 through Ace or Joker. The object of the game is to create poker hands using the cards. Another key difference is in the scoring categories. The most notable category missing is the Yahtzee and the most notable new one added is the "I Got It!" What is an "I Got It!"? I think you'll know when you get one. The last key difference is the fact that you are playing Two games at the same time (hence the Double in the name). To complete the game, you must get two of each of the scoring categories. Once you are famliar with game, you should be able to play a complete game in Five to Six minutes without any problem. Since this is a brand new game and still under development, any comments or suggestions you might have are welcomed! When you click on the Exit button, you will be given a place to send some quick feedback to the author, please do so!

Game Play
A complete game of Bumpkinland's Double Dice Poker™ consists of 22 turns with each turn consisting of three rolls of the dice. Each turn begins by clicking on the dice to roll them. After the first roll, you are given a chance to decide which dice you want to Hold by clicking the check boxes which will appear below the dice. Once you've checked all the dice you wish to hold, click on the dice again to make your 2nd roll. Again you are given a chance to select which dice to hold, then click on the dice again for the last roll. After the third roll, you will be asked to choose a scoring category. To do this, simply click on the name of the category you want and the program will calculate your score and put it on the screen. If you choose a category which is not reflected by the dice, you will get 0 points for that category. Otherwise, you will get the appropriate number of points as determined by the Scoring table below. Once you have chosen a scoring category, the current turn is complete and you are prompted to roll the dice again to begin the next turn. This cycle continues until all scoring categories are full. Note: you are not required to wait until the third roll to score a hand. If you are satisfied with the first or second roll, simply click on a Scoring category and you can move on to the next turn.

Using Jokers
Jokers can be used for any card you desire. They come in very handy for completing some of the more difficult categories. Howerver, Jokers do not earn points. So, the more Jokers you have in a given hand the less points you will get for the hand. To get the best score possible, your best bet is to avoid using Jokers unless you absolutely have to.

Scoring
How you score each turn is the most important aspect of Bumpkinland's Double Dice Poker™. The first five scoring categories (Tens, Jacks, Queens, Kings, and Aces) are fairly straight forward. You get 10 points for each of the appropriate card in your hand (Jokers are ignored). So, if you have three Tens in your hand and you click on the Tens category, you will get 30 points. The number of points awarded for the rest of the scoring categories is determined by the number of Jokers used as shown in the table below: