Dice roller v2

import time
from random import randint


def roll():
    dice_reps = ("",
                 "  _ _ _ \n |     |\n |  .  |\n |_ _ _|\n ",
                 "  _ _ _ \n |     |\n | . . |\n |_ _ _|\n ",
                 "  _ _ _ \n |     |\n | ... |\n |_ _ _|\n ",
                 "  _ _ _ \n | . . |\n | . . |\n |_ _ _|\n ",
                 "  _ _ _ \n | . . |\n | .`. |\n |_ _ _|\n ",
                 "  _ _ _ \n | ... |\n | ... |\n |_ _ _|\n ")
    value = randint(1, 6)
    print dice_reps[value]
    return value

answer = raw_input('Roll the dice? [Y/n]\n> ')

while answer.lower() in ('', 'y', 'yes', 'k', 'ok'):
    answer2 = raw_input('How many times? [1-5]\n> ')
    total = 0
    for x in range(int(answer2)):
        total += roll()
    print "Total =", total, "\n"
    answer = raw_input('Again? [Y/n]\n> ')

print 'Thanks for playing!'
time.sleep(3)