Pip House: a dice poker roguelike
A dice game where the numbers get out of hand. Roll five dice, keep the good ones, buy charms that bend the scoring rules, and beat the House.
It is the first prototype, with 25 charms and 7 boss rules, and no Endless or Stakes. The app has 40 charms and 12 boss rules.
How a round goes
- Roll five dice and tap the ones you like to keep them.
- Reroll the rest, up to twice. The table shows what you would score right now, charms included.
- Score the throw. Reach the round's target within three throws.
- Spend your winnings on charms that bend the rules. Then do it again: nine rounds, two bosses, 12 possible boss rules.
Each run takes about 10 to 15 minutes. The full rules are on How to play, and every hand is on the hands page.
Charms rewrite the scoring
You can hold 5 charms at a time, out of 40. Each one changes how your dice count. 24 are in the pool from the start and every boss you beat unlocks 2 more. Here is the same throw with and without each of these.
CommonSixerEvery scored 6: +4 Odds.144 becomes 720.
UncommonOn the RunAny straight: +60 Pot and +6 Odds.325 becomes 1,375.
UncommonHouse PartyFull House: ×3 Odds.236 becomes 708.
RareHand of FiveThree, Full House, Four or Five of a Kind: +30 Pot and +3 Odds. Four or Five: ×4 Odds too, and Four scores all five dice.588 becomes 4,680.
Nine rounds and the House
Round 5 and Round 9 are boss rounds. The House breaks one rule of the table, and you see which rules are coming from the first round, so you can plan for them. There are 6 mid bosses and 6 final bosses, and each run draws one of each. Meet the bosses.
After you win
Endless keeps the run going past Round 9, with a boss every 3 rounds. Stakes are three harder ways to play a normal run: Red Chip, Black Chip and Gold Chip. Both come with the full game.
The deal
| Price | $4.99 once for the full game (US price) |
|---|---|
| Free | Your first run, start to finish. The daily run, always. |
| After the first run | Free runs stop at the Round 5 boss until you unlock |
| The unlock includes | Full runs, Endless and Stakes |
| Ads | None, ever |
| Account | None. Your save stays on your device. |
| Platforms | iPhone and iPad. iPad plays in portrait and landscape. It also runs on Apple silicon Macs as an iPhone and iPad app. |
| Sound | A rotating set of jazzy swing and brass loops. Works offline. |
| Language | English |
| Status | Coming soon. No release date yet. |
| Made by | Commonwealth Business Systems LLC, a small independent studio |
More
- Endless and Stakes: what to do after your first win.
- FAQ: price, privacy, how it works.
- A poker dice roguelike for fans of Balatro: what it shares with that game and what it changes.
- Support and privacy.