Yahtzee
1956
BGG Geek Rating
5.5
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BGG Average Rating
5.5
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BGG Ranking
#27725
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Players
2-10
Weight
1.17/5.00
Playtime
30 min
Age
6+
⚙️ Game Mechanics
How this game works - core systems and player actions
🎨 Artists
🏢 Publishers
Hayes Specialties Corporation (HSC)
Parker Brothers
Dexy Co
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Waddingtons
Challenge Master Game Co Ltd
Heye Verlag
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Gorden Designs
Adam Opel AG
EastPoint
ESC-Toy Ltd
Dal Negro
Papita
Copp Clark Publishing Company
The Op Games
Winning Moves Games (USA)
ASS Altenburger Spielkarten
Jumbo
Blatz
danspil
MB Spellen
Kärnan
E. S. Lowe Company Inc.
AMIGO
Grow Jogos e Brinquedos
Super Impulse
Teepe Sportverlag
Klee
Winning Solutions (WS Game Company)
General Mills
Peri Spiele
Milton Bradley
Editrice Giochi
Alga
MB Jeux
Selecta Spel en Hobby
Schmidt Spiele
Goldmerk
Hearth & Hand with Magnolia
Lucrum Games
Palet spil
Four Esses
Dujardin
Noris Spiele
HUCH!
Diset S. A.
Joker
(Public Domain)
Mandoo Games
F.X. Schmid
Piatnik
Hasbro
(Unknown)
Tactic
Ravensburger
Fun Connection
Korea Boardgames
📖 About This Game
Yahtzee is a classic dice game played with 5 dice. Each player's turn consists of rolling the dice up to 3 times in hope of making 1 of 13 categories. Examples of categories are 3 of a kind, 4 of a kind, straight, full house, etc. Each player tries to fill in a score for each category, but this is not always possible. When all players have entered a score or a zero for all 13 categories, the game ends and total scores are compared.
The traditional (public domain) game Yacht predates the trademarked game, and has slightly different scoring.
There are four basic scoring difference between the tradition game Yacht and Yahtzee. They are: 1) Yacht has no Three of a Kind category, 2) there are no bonuses in Yacht, 3) there are no Joker rules in Yacht, and 4) the Full House category is scored as the sum of the dice. The other scoring rules are identical between the two games.
Travel versions of the game use a device that keeps the dice captured within compartments of a plastic box and allows players to "lock" a particular die between rolls.