The player can choose whether he wants to roll once, twice or three times in each turn. On the third roll, the player can roll any number of dice he wants to, including none or all of them, trying to get a good combination. On the first two rolls, the player has to roll all five of the dice at once. In each turn, a player can roll his dice up to 3 times in order to get the desired combination.
There are 13 rounds in a game of Yahtzee. The players have to make wise choices about when to score in each combination. Even though Yahtzee, like any other dice game, has more to do with luck, strategy makes a significant difference.
There are different combinations which fall under thirteen categories, very similar to the Poker 'hands', along with some extra categories. The object of the game is to roll certain combinations of numbers, in 13 rounds with the help of five dice.Įach player in his turn rolls the dice, trying to get a good combination of numbers. It can be played by up to 10 players at a time.
