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Designed By
Art By
Published By
Year Published
1938
# of Players:
2 − 10
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 3, 4 players
Recommended with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 players
(23 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
6 and up
User Suggested Ages
6 and up
(11 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(13 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Yahtzee
Alternate Names
Deluxe Yahtzee: Game Folio Edition
Halloween Yahtzee
Holiday Yahtzee
Jacht
Kniffel
Knubbel
Poker Dice Game
Yacht
The Yacht Game
yam
Yatzee
Yatzy
Yes 5
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Description Edit | History

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.

More Information Edit | History

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Contents:

  • 1 Dice Cup
  • 1 Set of 5 Dice
  • 1 Yahtzee Scoring Pad
  • Yahtzee Bonus Chips
  • Instructions

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6 YahtzScoreBordersSymbolsColors.pdf
Small, printable Yahtzee score cards; great for making your own set
2007-01-10
4 Yahtzee_Rules_circa1967.pdf
Yahtzee Rules from 1967
2005-03-05
5 Maxi-Yahtzee Score Card.pdf
Scorecard for Maxi-Yahtzee (Yahtzee with 6 Dice) often called the Swedish variation
2005-01-18
2 yahtzee score sheet.xls
score sheets
2004-09-03
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