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Considered to be a family favorite for more than 50 years, Yahtzee by Hasbro is a game where players throw dice, score points and use scoring strategy. The object of the game is for one or more players to roll dice for scoring combinations and get the highest total score. The standard game includes five dice, a plastic cup, score... more »
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Yahtzee is a dice game made by Milton Bradley (now owned by Hasbro). The object of the game is to score the most points by rolling five dice to make certain combinations. The dice can be rolled up to three times in a turn to try to make one of the thirteen possible scoring combinations. A game of Yahtzee consists of thirteen rounds during which the player chooses which scoring combination is to be used in that round. Once a combination has been used in the game, it cannot be used again.
The scoring combinations have varying point values, some of which are fixed values and others of which have the cumulative value of the dice. A Yahtzee is five-of-a-kind and holds the games highest point value of 50 (not counting multiple "Yahtzees" in the same game).
Rules overview
The Yahtzee scorecard contains thirteen boxes divided between two sections: the upper section, and the lower section.
Upper section
In the upper section, each box is scored by summing the total number of dice faces matching that box. For example, if a player were to roll three "twos," the score would be recorded as 6 in the twos box. If a player scores a total of at least 63 points in these boxes, a bonus of 35 points is added to the upper section score. Though 63 points corresponds to three-of-a-kind for each of the six die faces, a common way to get the bonus is rolling four (or five, often using a "Yahtzee as a joker") of a larger number so that fewer of the smaller numbers are needed (a player can earn the bonus even if a he or she scores a "0" in an upper section box).
Lower section
The lower section contains a number of poker-themed combinations with specific point values:
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