New Pricing Game Review: DICE GAME

[Alfonzo]

New Pricing Game Review: DICE GAME

Does anybody else have a particular pricing game which your can't decide whether you like or don't like? That my case with Dice Game. For now I'm leaning toward the "like" side.

Yes, this is a luck-based game, but there is some strategy involved. For instance, when you roll a three for the second digt of a $20,000+ car do you dare go against the odds and say "Lower!"? Decisions, decisions...

Thankfully this game isn't as overplayed as it was a couple of seasons ago (I think it was played like nine weeks straight at one time!), so that might help in my opinion of it.

I do like the bright red and yellow set with the mondo cool 3-D dice on it! One of PiR's better set changes!

For now, I'll give this game an above average rating, but who knows how I'll feel about it next year?

Rating: 7 out of 10

For rules and history of this game: http://www.gscentral.net/dice.htm

[goldroadfanatic]

This game is pretty good.  Even though it's based on luck, there's still some decisions to be made as to the correct numbers are higher or lower than the ones that were rolled.

The frequency is okay for this game.

This game is usually played for the inexpensive cars offered (Chevy Aveos, Chrysler PT Cruisers, etc.).  It's more interesting to see the game played for more expensive cars(Pontiac G6s, Ford Mustangs, etc.).

The set is cool with the red dice going around the prop.

Overall, a not to shabby game, and I give it a 7 out of 10.

[sideshowPA]

It's funny Alonzo, before I even opened this thread I had the same thoughts about Dice Game as you.  It's a classic, but has that "ehhh" factor.  It does get sad when the car turns out to be 14K.  The models rolling out the dice tray is cool, and I have always liked the set.  But this game doesn't generate it's share of classic moments or excitement.  

6 out of 10

You all know that I dislike this game.

Although I admit that the set is cool, gameplay is frustrating. I find it exciting when someone wins.

Maybe to stop these horrible losses, there should be numbers higher than six like the old rules.

Score: 1 out of 10.

[Jordan7]

Dice Game is a good game, although somehow luck-based, but not all luck-based, which is good. Only digits 1-6 are used in the car's price.

The current set is really cool. The red and yellow go well together, and the 3D dice on top of the game are really neat!

This game is not too overplayed, which is good. I like how the models bring out the dice and the table to roll the dice on.

There are some things about this game that stand out, which always worry me. For instance, you roll a 5, and say lower, but the digit turns out to be a 6. Note: if you do this with the second digit, and we know that it's a $16,000 car, then it's just stupidity on the contestant's part. If it happens with the third, fourth, of fifth digit, then it's questionable.

Also, let's say you are playing for a $13,000 Chevy Aveo. You roll a 1 for the second digit, but it doesn't cross the line, and you must roll again. You roll a 4, and guess higher, thinking that most cars these days are worth $15,000 or more. It ends up being a 3, and if that line wasn't there, that 1 could have won you the game. Please argue with me on this if you want to.

All in all, this is a classic game, despite the faults it may have.

8 out of 10.

[Frank15]

Nine weeks is nuthin'.  I can remember, from the first week in 1998, the game being played 32 consecutive weeks!

It's always cool to see the game, anyway.  Funny that I just mentioned in the Hi Lo review how cool the glass setup was for that game, and now I'm doing the other game with a minor glass influence with the Dice Game table!  Of course that's really really cool!  And you have to love the oversided red dice!  And the Dice Game board itself.  Like Alfie said, an improvment over the old set.  The decoration dice or cool, but I particularly love the unique font for the game's title!

I've pretty much always loved Dice Game, and haven't ever really stopped.  It's just a quickie car game, like Money Game, but just a lot more fun, with one of the greatest price reveals in the show.  Just something really suspensful about the reveal of each digit.  Oddly enough, mostly on 2s and 5s.

10 out of 10 on the old scale!

All right, I admit that I like the game only a little bit.

[Nick]

It's wonderful that this game's not played as much as it used to be.  It's not that great, but it's not that awful.  It's got the appeal of throwing oversized dices, and then having Bob put them in the little slots, and the chasing light windows, but the game isn't overly thrilling.  Yes, there have been several painful losses, but that doesn't take away from the enjoyment of the game.

Now, am I the only one who thinks it wouldn't be a half-bad idea if they used ten-sided dice for the game?  It would allow for any vehicle to be used, because with the current setup, it's either played for fairly cheap vehicles or rather expensive ones.  Not that this game really deserves to be played for any priced vehicle, but am I the only one who could potentially see this working?

Not overly great, but not overly bad.  It's gotten more bearable recently, so I'll give the Dob credit for cutting down massively on the frequency.

Rating:  5 out of 10

ilovesuperball wrote:
Maybe to stop these horrible losses, there should be numbers higher than six like the old rules.

You do realize you'd be making the game way more difficult than it is now, don't you?

[Aaron A. Camp]

This game is a so-so game in my opinion. I liked the old red and white scheme for the prop. The gameplay is fair, as it gets boring when Bob asks a contestant whether a digit is higher or lower than 1 or 6. I really like the reveal, doing it one digit at a time instead of revealing the entire price.

Overall: 6 out of 10 with curent color scheme, 7 out of 10 with old color scheme.

[JayC]

Dice Game certainly isn't a bad game.  It is pretty fun to see played and usually the contestants are more fun than in other games.  It can also be really suspensful depending on what's rolled.  The set is really cool also.  And of course it has simple rules although they do depend on luck a little much.  It could be played a little less also.  But all in all it's a good game and one of the better single car games.

My score- 8 out of 10

[kingpin623]

I tend to agree with Alfonso with regard to the fact that I can't say that I hate this game, but I can't say that I love this game, either.  But it does have its moments.

The chances of someone rolling a combo of all ones, sixes, and/or correct numbers varies from 1 in 81 to 1 in 16 (depending on how many ones or sixes are in the ARP), yet it seems to happen quite rarely, esp considering the frequency w/ which this game is played.  To me, these automatic wins are the most exciting, despite the fact that they are anti-climactic.

Was anyone else watching the day that the contestant rolled all the correct numbers in the price?  I was!  It happened in Oct 1996 (in fact, it happened during the same week that $17,000 was given away during a single SCSD, another moment in TPIR history).  Unfortunately, because I had the day off to study for mid-terms, I was watching the show as it aired, rather than taping like I usually do.  Had I been in school that day, this episode would have been taped and would be out there in the trading circuit, and I would be posting pics right now for all the world to see!  (Incidentally, the price of the car that day was $13,625.)  The chances of this happening are 1 in 1296, so it seems unlikely that we'll see this again any time soon.

It is interesting to consider that, if TPIR lasts long enough, or if they get overly zealous on a MDS primetime special, the first number in the price of the car COULD be higher than a 6.  But since that digit is a freebie anyway, it really doesn't count!  Just a funny quirk that occurred to me.

This is the only pricing game that I have seen played in person twice.

For me, this game varies in excitement.  Once I see anything other than a one, six, or correct number rolled, I lose a lot of interest.  I'll give it a 6 out of 10.

JBK

P.S./EDIT [10/21/06] It seems that I was wrong about the ARP of the car that the contestant won by rolling every number correctly; it was, in fact, $13,455.  You can see 2 pics of this at www.qwizx.com/gameshows/dicegame.htm

[pathfinder2119]

Dice Game is only an average game. It could be worse, though. It relies a bit too much on luck, and can be mean at times. However, I do like the set, as it's much better than the old one. The table and big red dice are nice touches, too. It is a little bit overplayed, but it isn't as bad as it was a few years ago.

It gets a 6/10.

[Jordanar18]

I like it, but it's played way too much.  I like the dice, the table, and the really cool set, but it's just played too much.  I don't like the fact that cars with a 7 8 or 9 in them can't be played for, and the whole higher/lower than # is just redundant, since it's played so much.

Did I mention the fact that it's played too much?

Overall:  5.5/10

[SouthSide86]

i say change the set to blue and yellow and keep the red dice

[rob79]

Dice Game is a fun little game. I just like the little quirks it has-no digit in the cars higher than 6, no zero's, roll the die across the line and if the number rolled is not correct, just simply state whether you believe it is higher or lower. Simple enough. Yes, luck plays a part in Dice Game, but it is still very exciting and a very good game.

8 out of 10.