The Yacht Game was invented by a wealthy
Canadian couple in the 1954. It became popular amongst their
friends when they started playing aboard their yacht.
Their friends enjoyed the game so much that two years later,
the couple approached Edwin S. Lowe to see if he could produce
sets that they could give to their friends. Lowe acquired the
rights to the game and renamed it
Yahtzee in exchange for the price of the
first 1,000 games sold.
The E. S Lowe company and the rights to Yahtzee were
eventually sold to The Milton Bradley Company (MB Games) in
1973. Subsequently, Hasbro Inc acquired MB in September 1984.
They retain the rights to the game today and are one of the
biggest toy makers in the world. Today, 50 million Yahtzee
games are sold annually and Hasbro estimates 100 million
people play the game on a regular basis.
About this site
This online version of Yahtzee was created using
HTML, CSS and JavaScript and is my
first foray in programming a game that tests my newly learned
developing skills.
I hope you enjoyed playing as much as I enjoyed recreating
this fun strategy game I used to play using pen and paper!
-- Victoria --
Objective of the Game
Each player is to fill up their scorecard over 13 rounds,
strategically choosing the category that will earn them the
most points when the game ends. The player with the highest
score at the end of the game wins.
Each player can roll the dice 3 times during their turn.
Click the Roll button to start.
For each roll, the player can choose which dice to set
aside and which to be rolled again. Click to toggle lock on
dice.
By the last roll, the player must select a category to
obtain their score. Note that it is possible to score 0
points within a turn. Click the score of your choosing on
the scoreboard to select score.
Each category can only be chosen once. Choose
strategically!
The player with the highest score at the end of 13 rounds
win.
Score System
Upper Section
Ones -- Sum of dice with number 1
Twos -- Sum of dice with number 2
Threes -- Sum of dice with number 3
Fours -- Sum of dice with number 4
Fives -- Sum of dice with number 5
Sixes -- Sum of dice with number 6
Lower Section
3 of a Kind -- Require 3 dice of the same number. Points
equal the sum of all dice.
4 of a Kind -- Require 4 dice of the same number. Points
equal the sum of all dice.
Full House -- Require 3 dice of the same number and a pair.
25 points.
Small Straight -- Any 4 consecutive numbers. 30 points.
Large Straight -- Any 5 consecutive numbers. 40 points.
Yahtzee -- All dice of the same number. 50 points
Chance -- Points equal to the sum of all dice.
Bonus
If at the end of the game the total score of the Upper
Section is at least 63, the player receives a 35 point
bonus.
For every subsequent Yahtzee after the first, and only if
the player has already selected the Yahtzee category with a
score of 50, the player receives an additional 100 points.