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Yahtzee Board Game

Description

Yahtzee the classic dice and board game online. The goal of YAHTZEE gets the highest possible score by rolling five dice and getting certain combinations of dice.

The player rolls the dice three times during his/her turn. After each roll, the player will decide which dice to keep and which to reroll to get a better combination. For example, if the player gets 1,2,3,6,6. He has a lot of options, he can reroll both 6 to try and get a straight, or reroll 1,2 to try and get a full house or three of a kind.

The Yahtzee scorecard contains 13 scoring boxes divided between two sections: the upper section and the lower section.

Upper section

In the upper section, there are six boxes. The score in each of these boxes is determined by adding the total number of dice matching that box.

Categories	Descriptions	Scores	Examples
Aces	Any combination	The sum of dice with the 1	scores (3*1=3)
Twos	Any combination	The sum of dice with the 2	scores (2*3=6)
Threes	Any combination	The sum of dice with the 3	scores (3*4=12)
Fours	Any combination	The sum of dice with the 4	scores (4*2=8)
Fives	Any combination	The sum of dice with the 5	scores (5*1=5)
Sixes	Any combination	The sum of dice with the 6	scores (6*3=18)

If a player scores a total of 63 or more points in these six boxes, a bonus of 35 is added to the upper section score. On average a player needs three of each to reach 63, but it is not required to get three of each exactly, it is perfectly OK to have five sixes, and zero ones for example, as long as the sum is 63 or more the bonus will be awarded.

Lower section

The lower section contains a number of poker-themed categories with specific point values:

Categories	Descriptions	Scores	Examples
Three Of A Kind	At least three dice the same	Sum of all dice	scores 17
Four Of A Kind	At least four dice the same	Sum of all dice	scores 24
Full House	Three of one number and two of another	25	scores 25
Small Straight	Four sequential dice (1-2-3-4, 2-3-4-5, or 3-4-5-6)	30	scores 30
Large Straight	Five sequential dice (1-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-6)	40	scores 40
Yahtzee	All five dice the same	50	scores 50
Chance	Any combination	Sum of all dice	scores 13

Small Straight and Large Straight are sometimes called by different names, either Low Straight and High Straight, Short Straight and Long Straight or Little Straight and Big Straight.

If a category is chosen but the dice do not match the requirements of the category the player scores 0 in that category. Some combinations offer the player a choice as to which category to score them under; e.g., a full house could be scored in the Full House, the Three-Of-A-Kind, or the Chance categories. The Chance category is often used for a turn that will not score well in any other category. (wikipedia)