Objective
Yahtzee can be played in a group or solitary. The main objective of Yahtzee is to have as many points as possible by getting certain combinations of dice and rolling five dice. A player targets the highest score after 13 rounds.
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Gameplay
Doesn't matter if you call it crag, balut, farkle, kismet, yamb, or generala, there’s only one authentic Yahtzee! Roll the dice to find out why millions have played this classic family game for.
In summary:
- Roll up three times at most for every turn, and get the best score.
- Pick a dice combo of your choice.
- Write your score on the scorecard after every turn.
A player may throw the dice thrice in every turn. The player may throw five dice for the second and third throw. They can decide throw the dice that don’t have the numbers they intend getting, and they can also have as many dice as they want.
This is how it works, if the player tosses the dice and gets 1,3,3,4,6, and decide whether it’s straight 1,2,3,4,5, he puts 1,3,4 aside and determines if he throws 3 and 6 again, eyeing for 2 and 5 so as to climb up the scoreboard.
In an online game, clicking on the dice intending on keeping. Those dice will not be thrown then next time you will click “Roll Dice.” When throwing for a second time and decide that you will not want to keep the dice again before the third throw, click the dice once again, and will be moved back to the table ready for a third throw.
Upper Section Combinations
Get:
- As many ones as possible.
- As many twos as possible.
- As many threes as possible.
- As many fours as possible.
- As many 5 as possible.
- As many sixes as possible.
The six combinations for each of them is the sum of the right dice. For instance, in case you get a 1,3,3,3,5 and choose Threes, you’ll get 9 points. The entire combination adds up to 63 or more, the player receives 35 points extra.
A player may need three of each in order to hit 63, but it’s not a requirement. Whether the player gets fixe sixes or zero ones, the goal is reaching a sum of 63 and get the bonus.
Lower Section Combinations
Three of a kind: Three dice with a similar number. All dice sums up to make the points and not just the three dice with the same number.
Four of a kind: Four dice with a similar number. Here too, all dice sums up to the final points, and not just the four dice with the same number.
Full house: Three of a kind plus a pair, for example, 6,6,3,3,3 or 3,3,3,1,1,1. The player is rewarded 25 points if the combination is right.
Small straight: Four sequential dice such for example, 1,2,3,4, 2,3,4,5 or 3,4,5,6 the player gets 30 points.
Large straight: Fiver sequential dice, for instance, 1,2,3,4,5 or 2,3,4,5,6 gives a score of 40 points.
Chance: Anything can be in put chance. The sum of the dice determines the score.
YAHTZEE: Five of a kind gets the player 50 points. Also, one gets several Yahtzees. Here are the details:
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Multiple Yahtzees
Multiple Yahtzees rules are a little complicated. Here are a couple of different cases.
What having a Yahtzee means: The player has 100 bonus points in the box and a joker which allows one to choose a second move for the Yahtzee. In case the Yahtzees number is not fed to the upper section, then one will have to choose that. In case one got the Yahtzee with 3’s and the other player haven’t filled them on the upper section, then one must select those 3’s and earn 10 points.
If the upper box full, can choose one of the lower region boxes, and the score will read normally. A superset of 3 or 4 of a kind, a chance, and a full house creates a Yahtzee. Alternatively, the player can try small or large straight and get the usual 30 or 40 points for them.
Putting zero in the Yahtzee box: If that happens, the player does not get a 100-point bonus, but gets a joker, which gives him/her the benefits described above for jokers.
Multiplayer
After playing against the computer and mastering the game, the player can start playing with opponents. Click “Multiplayer” and choose a player you would like to play against. Once the player is connected, he/she challenges the opponent.
Strategy tips
Target the bonus and do all you can to get it. Focusing on throwing good fives and sixes puts you at a better chance to get 0 in ones & twos. If by any chance you don’t have 0, you are supposed to put in your combination. However, if you have 2,3,4,5,6 and only left with ones and 6’s, then it’s advisable to include the O in ones rather than putting 6 in sixes.
Armed with these tips, make sure the player will have fun. Please contact us in case you need any assistance.
About the game
The game is made through JavaScript, CSS, and HTML. It has jQuery and a couple of its plugins for animation purposes. I also added fantastic graphics to the Yahtzee game.
Why play yahtzee and farkle at freethedice.com?
freethedice.com is a very popular online yahtzee game community, founded in September 2006 by three administrators, Kal, inqov and Mary. I am very happy to be able to say that our small community has become a daily hangout for many people who enjoy yahtzee. The games here are free and always will be, although we do have a dice shop containing different coloured dice and animated dice to brighten up your gaming experience.
Our major goal was to create a games site that focuses on playing games and having fun and to create an atmosphere where people chat whilst playing.
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Our games website is entirely browser-based so there is no download required. The site has various forms of multiplayer or solo yahtzee games: painted/rainbow, triple, regular yahtzee and many other rule sets that were devised by the players, which leads me to the next point. This is more than just a games website, this is a real community where people spend a lot of time chatting and having fun during their games. Some play just for fun, to chat, others are more competitive and enter some of our daily automated tournaments.
Freethedice.com was actually founded back in 2006 as a challenge: 'can you make a place where we can play a game where there are no cheaters, no power gamers or abusive people?' Since then, more than 80,000 players have registered over the years and enjoyed playing yahtzee with their friends, families and new acquaintances.
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Is Yahtzee a game of blind chance?
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Some people suggest that there is no skill in the game of Yahtzee. It is true that the game has a huge element of luck, it is not only luck, there is also a lot of decision-making that goes on. I like to think of it as a game of luck management. It is really up to the player to make the right choices at the right times to maximise his or her chance of either scoring as many points as possible or of winning the game. And even then, there is a difference between strategies. The types of decisions made to give yourself the chance of the highest possible score for a single game are very different to the kinds of decisions you will make to try to get the best average score. I remember playing a tournament game where I was losing by over one hundred points with two turns left, but I had yahtzee and high straight open. With a low straight already on the table, I ignored it and went for a yahtzee as it was my only hope to win the game. A ridiculous decision, but I did manage to score two yahtzees, 140 points and won the game! So, for me, yahtzee is a game of luck management and decision-making. Of course, there are times when the dice decide you will lose the game and those times can be very frustrating and that's when it is good to enjoy chatting with your opponents!
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Over the years so many people have formed strong friendships through our website. There have been cases of people here at freethedice.com enjoying each other's conversation and sense of humour so much that eventually they have met, sometimes individually and sometimes in groups. I am very happy that a simple games site can bring people together sometimes. In at least one case, it led to marriage!
Many other times, people tend to play yahtzee with their family or friends from a distance, just as a nice, fun activity to do together whilst chatting online.
It is probably no coincidence, that the founder of the game, formerly called The Yacht Game, originally invented the rules so that he and his family would have something to do whilst at sea, on their yacht. It is also no coincidence that some 40-50 years later, his game is still very popular as a social activity and brings people together, either for the first time, or to keep people together.
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