Yahtzee
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Yahtzee is a dice game made by Milton Bradley (a company that has since been acquired and assimilated by Hasbro). It was first marketed under the name of Yahtzee by game entrepreneur Edwin S. Lowe in 1956. The game is a development of earlier dice games such as Poker Dice, Yacht and Generala. It is also similar to Yatzy, which is popular in Scandinavia.
Key facts
- Game.name
- Yahtzee
- Game.logo
- 150px|frameless|class=skin-invert
- Game.logo_size
- 150
- Game.image
- Original Yahtzee game set - 1980s UK release.jpg
- Game.image_size
- 250
- Game.caption
- UK release of the game from the 1980s
- Game.designer
- Edwin Lowe
- Game.illustrator
- Fiore GmbHTaavi OolbergPeyoCharles M. Schulz
- Game.publisher
- Milton Bradley
- Game.years
- 1956 –
- Game.other_names
- Cassy
- Game.players
- 2–10
- Game.playing_time
- 30 minutes
- Game.random_chance
- High
- Game.ages
- 8+
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- Original Yahtzee game set - 1980s UK release.jpg
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- Yahtzee
- title
- Yahtzee
- minimum number of players
- 2
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Rules
- Upper section
- Lower section
- Yahtzee bonuses and Joker rules
- Forced Joker rule
- Free choice Joker rule
- Original Joker rule
- Maximum score
- Minimum score
- Commercial versions
- Deluxe and collector editions
- Travel Yahtzee
- Electronic versions
- Related games
- Digital versions
- Similar games
- Mathematical aspects of Yahtzee
- References
- External links
Yahtzee is a dice game made by Milton Bradley (a company that has since been acquired and assimilated by Hasbro). It was first marketed under the name of Yahtzee by game entrepreneur Edwin S. Lowe in 1956. The game is a development of earlier dice games such as Poker Dice, Yacht and Generala. It is also similar to Yatzy, which is popular in Scandinavia.
The objective of the game is to score points by rolling five dice to make certain combinations. The dice can be rolled up to three times in a turn to try to make various scoring combinations and dice must remain in the box. A game consists of thirteen rounds. After each round, the player chooses which scoring category is to be used for that round. Once a category has been used in the game, it cannot be used again. The scoring categories have varying point values, some of which are fixed values and others for which the score depends on the value of the dice. A Yahtzee is five-of-a-kind and scores 50 points, the highest of any category. The winner is the player who scores the most points.