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Cubilete guide: rules, how to play and tips

What is it?

Cubilete is the Mexican poker dice game: five dice with the faces 9, 10, J, Q, K and Ace, a cup (cubilete) to shake them in and three rolls to build the best hand. It is a game of luck, but also of deciding which dice to keep and when to take a risk. On WePlay each player rolls from their own phone and everyone sees the dice at the same time; it is played for points and fun, never for money.

Setup

• Five poker dice with the faces 9, 10, J, Q, K and A are used.
• Two or more people can play. The host sets the target score (5 by default).
• The game decides the turn order and keeps score.

Rules

1. On your turn shake the cup and roll all five dice. You may roll up to 3 times, keeping any dice you like between rolls.
2. Aces are wild and count as any other face, except in a quintilla of aces, which is the best hand of all.
3. Hand ranking, high to low: Quintilla (five of a kind), Póker (four of a kind), Full (full house), Escalera (straight), Tercia (three of a kind), Dos pares (two pair) and Par (pair).
4. A natural hand, made on the first roll without wild aces, beats the same hand made with wilds or extra rolls.
5. The best hand of each round scores a point. The first player to reach the target wins.

How to play on WePlay

1. Open weplay.zone in the browser on every phone. There is no app to install and no account to create.
2. If everyone is on the same Wi-Fi, they land at the same table automatically. Anyone far away or on cell data taps Invite and joins with the link, the QR code or the 4-letter code.
3. The host picks Cubilete and taps Start. Each phone shows only its own player’s information; the table is shared in real time.
4. For now Cubilete is played with other people: invite family or friends with the link.
5. Shake your phone or tap Roll, then tap the dice you want to keep before the next roll.
6. The scoreboard shows the best hand of the round so you know what you need to beat.

Tips and strategy

• If your first roll is already a good natural hand, think twice before rolling again: the natural bonus can be worth more.
• Keep your aces: since they are wild, they almost always improve your hand.
• If you are following someone with a Full, don’t settle for a Tercia; use all three rolls.
• A straight needs five different faces; with four in a row, it is worth chasing the fifth.

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