Balut is a game of dice, similar to Yahtzee, created by United States soldiers as an alternative to poker, and is a popular pastime of businessmen overseas.
Balut is played with five six-sided dice
A set of poker dice from the 1940s, of the type originally used for balut
Yahtzee is a dice game made by Milton Bradley. It was first marketed under the name of Yahtzee by game entrepreneur Edwin S. Lowe in 1956. The game is a development of earlier dice games such as Poker Dice, Yacht and Generala. It is also similar to Yatzy, which is popular in Scandinavia.
UK release of the game from the 1980s
Playing Yahtzee
Although Yahtzee is a commercial game with its own components, the game can also be played with just five dice and a pencil and paper