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Yahtzee

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Yahtzee is a dice game in which players roll five dice, with up to two re-rolls per turn, and try to fill in a scorecard of thirteen combinations, such as three of a kind, a full house or a straight, over the course of thirteen rounds. It was published by the Milton Bradley Company beginning in 1956, under a design closely related to earlier regional dice games such as Yacht, and it has since become one of the best-known commercial dice games, published in many licensed and electronic editions.

Facts
Origin Year
1956 1
Originating Region
United States 1
Game Type
Dice game, category scoring 1
Governing Body
No governing body; local clubs such as the Rotary Club of Old Town Eureka organize the largest known Yahtzee tournament independently, not a governing federation. 1
Classification
Player Count
Two-Player 1
Player Count
Small Group (3-6 Players) 1
Player Count
Large Group or Variable 1
Sport
Game Type (category)
Dice Game 1
Connections

Derived From

Yacht, Games
Source Wikipedia, Yahtzee
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1. Wikipedia, Yahtzee
Wikipedia
  • Lead section, first sentence
    Yahtzee is a dice game made by Milton Bradley (a company that has since been acquired and assimilated by Hasbro).
  • Lead section, second sentence
    It was first marketed under the name of Yahtzee by game entrepreneur Edwin S. Lowe in 1956.
  • Lead section, sixth paragraph
    What may be the world’s largest Yahtzee tournament occurs each January in Eureka, California.
  • Infobox, players field
    2-10
  • Derived From: Yacht, Lead
    The game is a development of earlier dice games such as Poker Dice, Yacht and Generala.
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Wikidata: Yahtzee
Wikidata Q696920, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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