Yahtzee
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Game Description
Yahtzee is one of the best known dice games. The game is played with five dice, and the goal is to score points by rolling combinations of dice.How to Play Yahtzee
Yahtzee is a game played with five dice. The game consists of thirteen rounds. At the end of each round, a player must choose a category for their score. The game is complete when all categories have been scored. The player with the highest total score wins.
Scoring Snapshot
- Upper section: add the dice that match the chosen number (Ones through Sixes).
- Upper bonus: score 35 points if Ones through Sixes total 63 or more.
- Lower section: score fixed combinations like Full House (25) or Yahtzee (50).
- Chance: total of all dice, no restrictions.
Common House Rules
- Joker rule: if you roll a bonus Yahtzee, treat it as a wild for straights or full house.
- Yahtzee bonus: add 100 points for each extra Yahtzee after the first.
- Fast play: limit turns to 2 rolls instead of 3.
There are thirteen scoring categories, and each category can only be used once:
- Ones
- Twos
- Threes
- Fours
- Fives
- Sixes
- Three of a kind
- Four of a kind
- Full House
- Small Straight
- Large Straight
- Chance
- Yahtzee
More information available on Wikipedia.
How to use this tool
The most important piece is the Roll button above. It will roll all the dice listed in Options. If you want to change the type of option, you can click the Options dropdown to see the form. You can add as many dice groups as you want. You can also share the options with others by clicking the Share Options button. This will give you a link to the current options. You can copy and paste the link to share it with others. When they click the link, it will load the same options you have set up. You can also click the Show Sum checkbox to see the total of all the dice rolled. If you want to roll again, just click the Roll button again. If you click on any die, it will show a lock icon. Those won't get rolled again. Enjoy!
Yahtzee on Amazon
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Some of the Available Games
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- Bunco - Bunco is a social dice game played in quick rounds with three six-sided dice. Players score by rolling the round's target number and earn a bonus for rolling three of the target number.
- Coin Flip - Toss a single coin. Heads or tails. 50% chance of heads, 50% chance of tails.
- Pig - Pig is a push-your-luck dice game where players roll a single die to build a turn total, but a roll of 1 wipes out the points for that turn.
- Shut the Box - Shut the Box is a classic dice and tile game where players roll two dice and close numbered tiles that match the roll's total.
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