That's Pretty Clever!

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That's Pretty Clever!

Roll and draft dice, then write the chosen value into the matching colored area on a personal scoresheet. Each color area has its own scoring rules and combos, and filling cells triggers bonus chains that increase point totals. Unused dice matter: any die with a lower face value than the selected die becomes available to other players, creating interactive choices and shared opportunities throughout the round.

Players
1–4 best 2
Playing time
30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.8 / 5
7.5 on Ludoyafrom $24.29DiceHighest-Lowest ScoringDice RollingPaper-and-Pencil

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Full stats in Ludoya
3,753
Plays logged
993
Players
26m 18s
Average play
388
In collections
28
On wishlists
1
Pre-ordered

7.5/10

from 174 Ludoya reviews

  • Garfield6.0

    #7 One of the better dice and tick-off games out there. But it takes a little bit too long to finish. The downtime can also be too much. [c] Theme: ☆☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]No theme --> Gameplay: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Rolling dice and tick-off boxes --> Interaction: ☆☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]No --> Artwork: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]The sheets are nice --> Luck: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Dice rolling... --> Strategy: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Little --> Components: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Boring standard dice --> Play duration: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Too long for what it is --> Easy to teach: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Fairly easy --> Setup time: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Ready to go --> No downtime: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Downtime can be quite high for a dice rolling only game --> Replay value: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Little to none --> [/c]

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  • Mestremuten7.0

    Rating: 4/5 Production value: 2/4 Is the game in my collection/Love to have?: 1/1

    Played it 8 times

  • Mohasz8.0

    Probably the most fun roll & write I've ever played, and the only one I truly enjoy. All the comboing is really addictive. It's odd that I've been avoiding this for 2 years, even though I heard good things about it. + Challenge I -> a slightly more fun variant (maybe just due to the novelty)

    Played it 3 times

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Rules questions

Answered from the rulebook by Ludoya's rules assistant.

Which dice go on the silver platter and when do they get placed there?

After you choose a die, all dice showing a lower value are placed on the silver platter; after each of your three rolls you repeat this and at the end you place any remaining dice not on your sheet on the platter. If you choose the lowest die, no dice are placed that step, and dice on the platter cannot be used by the active player except via the Extra Die action (pp. 3–4).

Can I use the white die by itself to fill the blue area, or do I have to add it to a blue die?

The white die is wild for the blue area only when combined with a blue die: you must add the white and blue die values together (you cannot use just one of the two dice alone for the blue area) (p. 5).

As a passive player, can I take a die from the active player's board instead of the silver platter?

Only if you cannot use any die from the silver platter: in that case you may take one die from the active player's pad, but you cannot refuse a usable silver-platter die in order to do this (pp. 4, 7).

Do I always get three rolls as the active player?

No — if your earlier selections leave no dice to reroll you simply perform fewer than three rolls; taking high dice can end your rolling early (p. 3).

How do foxes score at the end of the game?

Each activated fox scores points equal to your lowest-scoring colored area (and if your lowest area scores 0 points, foxes are worth nothing) (p. 7).

When can I use unlocked actions, and how do Reroll and Extra Die work?

Unlocked actions may be used immediately or saved for later; Reroll is for the active player only and rerolls all dice that were just thrown (not dice on your sheet or platter), while Extra Die is used at the end of a turn to pick any one of the six dice (including ones already taken) but each individual die can only be chosen once per turn (p. 8).

Official score sheet

That's Pretty Clever! score sheet

Every scoring category, from the Ludoya kit. On your phone the totals add up by themselves.

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Score sheets and play helpers

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