Third Roll – If a player is not satisfied with their first and second roll and the combination that came, then they can always try to score more using the third roll opportunity that they have. Once the second roll is done, you can either stop or score by rolling once again.ģ. It is not mandatory for a player to announce the combinations they are truing to roll as that might change after the second roll. Second Roll – A player can roll any or all the dice from the first roll. Or they can set aside the dice that are ‘keepers’ and then roll again.Ģ. Players can stop their turn right here if they find their score satisfactory and note it down on their score card. First Roll – Players will roll all 5 of their dice. A player can always stop after the first roll they made if they find their score satisfactory.ġ. After the 3 rolls are made, players will mark their scores on the score card in the respective column. How to Play YahtzeeĪll players get 3 chances to roll the dice at their turn so as to score the highest total from the dice combinations rolled.

The player who gets the highest total from the dice rolled, is the first one to go. Luck was definately on Anthony’s side that night.The first player is chosen by rolling all 5 dice by each player. Anthony ended up winning by a landslide and me only getting two chance cards, with Vinnie somewhere in between. Both Anthony (16) and Vinnie Jr (11) found the rules to be simple and had no trouble keeping up with gameplay, though Vinnie always has the bad habit of letting his cards show.

It proclaims to be a quick family card game that may appeal to players of all ages, and it does exactly that. In fact, you can call out “Hands Down!” anytime you wish.īy the same token, it would not be fair of me to judge this game by other than what it sets out to do. One rule I neglected to mention was that you don’t have to call “Hands Down!” if you don’t want to, so you can hold out if you think you’ll score a higher combo than with the cards you currently have. If you are good at paying attention, you can observe what people are discarding in an attempt to calculate how likely particular numbers and colors will come up and discard your own cards accordingly. There isn’t much strategy involved, as the player who is lucky enough to draw the highest combos first will more than likely see victory at the end of the game. No matter which way I look at it, I’m replacing the luck of the dice with the luck of the cards. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins! The starter card goes to the next player clockwise and the process repeats until all combo cards have been claimed. Those who were involved in scoring take five new cards, and those who didn’t keep their cards. Chance cards (bottom), can still net you some decent points…if you are lucky enough to draw good ones.

Yahtzee board game rules