Yahtzee is a popular dice game that is played with five standard six-sided dice. The game consists of a series of rounds, and each round involves rolling the dice up to three times in an attempt to get certain combinations of dice faces.
Basic rules of Yahtzee:
- At the beginning of each round, the player rolls all five dice.
- After the first roll, the player can choose to keep any number of dice and re-roll the rest. The player can do this up to two more times.
- Once the player has finished rolling the dice, they must choose a category to score. There are 13
categories, each with different requirements:
- Ones: Score the total of all dice showing the number 1.
- Twos: Score the total of all dice showing the number 2.
- Threes: Score the total of all dice showing the number 3.
- Fours: Score the total of all dice showing the number 4.
- Fives: Score the total of all dice showing the number 5.
- Sixes: Score the total of all dice showing the number 6.
- Bonus: The Left section is the first six rows - ones, twos, threes, fours, fives and sixes. If the sum of your score in the Left
- section is greater than or equal to 63, you automatically get 35 bonus points.
- Three of a kind: Score the total of all dice if there are at least three of the same number.
- Four of a kind: Score the total of all dice if there are at least four of the same number.
- Full house: Score 25 points if there are three of one number and two of another.
- Small straight: Score 30 points if there are four sequential numbers.
- Large straight: Score 40 points if there are five sequential numbers.
- Yahtzee: Score 50 points if all five dice show the same number.
- Chance: Score the total of all dice, regardless of the numbers.
- Once the player has chosen a category to score, they cannot choose that category again for the rest of the game.
- The game continues for 13 rounds, after which the player with the highest total score wins.
These are the basic rules of Yahtzee, but there are many variations and additional rules that can be added to make the game more interesting or challenging.
Useful tip 1: If you are not satisfied with your current result, you can restart the game by clicking on the "Restart game" button below the score panel after you have entered your current points.
Useful tip 2: To roll the dice, you may also click on the "Enter" or "Spacebar" button on your keyboard.