What is Kismet?

Kismet looks like Yahtzee until the dice land - then you notice the colors, and a whole second layer of combinations opens up.

Quick answer: Kismet is a Yahtzee-style dice game with a twist: the pips are colored, with 1s and 6s black, 2s and 5s red, and 3s and 4s green. Color unlocks extra combos like the Flush - five dice of one color for 35 points - and the upper bonus is graduated, paying 35, 55 or 75 as your upper total climbs.

The colored dice

In Kismet, every die carries three colors across its faces: the 1 and 6 are black, the 2 and 5 red, the 3 and 4 green. Numbers still drive most of the card - five dice, three rolls, upper section and combos - but color becomes a resource of its own. Suddenly 2-2-5-5-5 isn't just a full house; it's an all-red hand.

Color combos and the Flush

The signature category is the Flush: all five dice showing one color, worth 35 points. Color also upgrades familiar shapes - a full house in a single color pays more than a mixed one. Because each color spans two numbers, a flush is a real chase rather than a gift: keeping red means juggling 2s and 5s while the card clock ticks.

The graduated bonus

Where Yahtzee's upper bonus is all-or-nothing at 63, Kismet grades the reward: 35 points for a solid upper total, 55 for a strong one, 75 for a great one. That softens the cliff-edge and keeps upper-section play interesting to the last box. Kismet joins the daily challenge rotation and multiplayer, and if you know Yahtzee's basics you can play it immediately.

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Related questions

What is Generala?

Generala is the beloved South American cousin of Yahtzee, played with five dice and a lean 11-category card. Its combos pay fixed values - Escalera (straight) 20, Full 30, Poker (four of a kind) 40, Generala (five of a kind) 50 and Double Generala 100 - with a 5-point 'servida' bonus for landing a combo on the first roll of a turn.

What is Balut?

Balut is a five-dice game with Danish and Filipino roots, built on a distinctive card: just 7 categories, but each must be filled four times, for 28 boxes in all. Balut itself is five of a kind, and since the category appears four times, a single game can demand you chase it again and again.

What is the difference between Yahtzee and Yatzy?

They're siblings, not twins. Yahtzee has 13 categories with fixed scores for combos - Full House 25, Small Straight 30, Large Straight 40. Yatzy, the public-domain Scandinavian version, has 15 categories including One Pair and Two Pairs, scores its straights at 15 and 20, and its Full House as the sum of the dice.