Yahtzee - freeware online game

I just love games that require to be lucky and smart simultaneously.

Yahtzee is one of that games.But as any game this one is fun and addictive only if it is played in a large group of 5 or more persons.

Rules

The game is played with 5 dices in 13 rounds. The scope of the game is to achieve the best score between the participants.Each round consist of rolling the dices up till 3 times until you found out a category which will preserve the highest score.

Here are the categories:

aces	sum of 1s
twos	sum of 2s
threes	sum of 3s
fours	sum of 4s
fives	sum of 5s
sixes	sum of 6s
3 of a kind	sum of all dice
4 of a kind	sum of all dice
full house(2 of a kind and 3 of another kind)	25
sm. straight(4 consecutive dices)	30
lg. straight(5 consecutive dices)	40
Yahtzee(5 of a kind)	50
chance	sum of all dice

Remember that you have only 13 rounds , so in each round you have to score a category.There’s lots of strategies concerning this game and none of those strategies work every time. So here you might say that intervenes chance.As long as you’re lucky you should be fine. But keep in mind that according to statistics the probabilities for obtaining categories from 7 to 13 are decreasing from one category to another.

How to play: example

Let’s say you begin:

Round 1:

Roll1 : you obtain 2 2 2 1 6

I will keep 2 2 2 separately and roll only the 1 6 dices.

Roll 2: you obtain 2 3

At this point i will put along the dice 2 and roll only 3.

Roll 3: you obtain 6

Conclusion: i completed the category 4 of a kind.Once a category is completed , i’m done with that category.You calculate the points for that category and it’s done!

You do this for 13 rounds .Who has the best score wins!Good luck!

Here you can train on Yahtzee!

And here you can assemble a team with your friends and start playing online!

Yahtzee – freeware online game July 6, 2013 by Q

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