How to play Yahtzee: rules and scoring

• 5 dice
• 13 boxes
• 13 turns

Goal: Roll combinations with five dice to fill the 13 boxes on your score card and finish with the highest total.

Setup

• A score card for each player.
• Upper section: six boxes, Ones to Sixes.
• Lower section: 3 of a Kind, 4 of a Kind, Full House, Small Straight, Large Straight, Yahtzee and Chance.

How to play

1. On your turn, roll all five dice.
2. Keep the ones you like and reroll the rest up to two more times.
3. Then pick an empty box on your card and score it.
4. If nothing fits, scratch a box and write 0.
5. Each box can be used only once.

Scoring

• Upper boxes: add up the dice showing that number (three 4s = 12).
• 3 of a Kind, 4 of a Kind and Chance: the total of all five dice.
• Full House (3 + 2 alike) is 25, Small Straight (4 in a row) 30.
• Large Straight (5 in a row) is 40, Yahtzee (5 alike) 50.
• An upper section of 63 or more adds a 35-point bonus.

Winning

After 13 turns everyone’s card is full; the highest total wins.

Note

• In the app you enter each player’s turn separately: pick the player, the box and the points.
• The next player is suggested for you.