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Yahtzee is a chance-and-strategy dice rolling game played over 13 rounds. Each round, the player rolls five 6-sided dice. They may click on any number of dice to "freeze" or "unfreeze" them (frozen dice are displayed in a different color). They may re-roll the unfrozen dice up to 2 times. After 13 rounds, the game is over, and the player's score is the total of each scoring category.
| Category | Description | Example Score |
|---|---|---|
| Ones | Score 1 for every 1 | 1 1 2 3 4 = 2 |
| Twos | Score 2 for every 2 | 1 2 2 3 4 = 4 |
| Threes | Score 3 for every 3 | 1 2 3 3 3 = 9 |
| Fours | Score 4 for every 4 | 1 2 4 4 5 = 8 |
| Fives | Score 5 for every 5 | 1 2 5 5 5 = 15 |
| Sixes | Score 6 for every 6 | 1 2 3 6 6 = 12 |
| 3 of Kind | If 3+ of one value, score sum of all dice (else 0) | 1 2 3 3 3 = 12 |
| 4 of Kind | If 4+ of one value, score sum of all dice (else 0) | 1 2 2 2 2 = 8 |
| Full House | If 3 of one value and 2 of another, score 25 (else 0) | 2 2 3 3 3 = 25 |
| Small Straight | If 4+ values in a row, score 30 (else 0) | 1 2 3 4 6 = 30 |
| Large Straight | If 5 values in a row, score 40 (else 0) | 1 2 3 4 5 = 40 |
| Yahtzee | If all values match, score 50 (else 0) | 2 2 2 2 2 = 50 |
| Chance | Score sum of all dice | 1 2 3 4 6 = 16 |
- The initial roll is: 2 4 3 2 5.
- The player decides to try to get as many twos as possible, and clicks to freeze both twos, then re-rolls, getting a new 2 3 5. They now have: 2 2 3 2 5.
- The player decides to try for a full house, and freezes all of their twos and their three (hoping to roll another 3 to get a full house). They re-roll the die showing five, getting a 6 and now have 2 2 3 2 6.
- Sadly, they didn't get their full house. They could score this as:
- Twos: for 6 points
- Threes for 3 points
- Sixes: for 6 points
- Three of Kind: (twos) for 15 points
- Chance: for 15 points
- Any other category they claimed on this round would score 0.