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Although Yahtzee is a commercial game with its own components, the game can also be played with just five dice and a pencil and paper A Yahtzee occurs when all five dice are the same. If the player throws a Yahtzee and has already filled the Yahtzee box with a score of 50 , they score a Yahtzee bonus and get an extra 100 points.
A number of related games under the Yahtzee brand have been produced. They all commonly use dice as the primary tool for game play, but all differ generally. As Yahtzee itself has been sold since 1954, the variants released over the years are more recent in comparison, with the oldest one, Triple Yahtzee, developed in 1972, eighteen years after the introduction of the parent game.
Because of the Power die, the Bonus score has also been increased. A score of fifty points is added if the score obtained in the Upper Section is at least 150 points, 100 if the score is at least 200 points, and 200 if it is at least 300 points. The Lower Section adds a Two-Pair category which scores the total of all dice.
If a player achieves a Generala on the first roll of a turn, the player immediately wins the game. Double Generala (optional), 100 or 120 points. All five dice showing the same number for the second time in a game. A first-roll Double Generala is not an automatic game-winner. A player may choose in which qualifying category to score a roll.
The "Minimum score" section stating that 6 is the minimum score is incorrect. There is no rule that actually forces you to score a five of a kind in the Yahtzee section; thus, one could potentially place five 1s in the Chance box, and score zero everywhere else, for a total score of 5. My pocket electronic Yahtzee game (made by MB) verifies this.
Cacho Alalay is played with five dice and a cup. Cacho Alalay is a popular dice game from Latin America. It is similar to Yahtzee/Yatzy. The purpose of the game is to roll five dice and score points from their combinations. The dice are rolled from a leather cup. Many versions of cacho exist.
Score: 21 points (sum of all the dice) or 30 points in some variations. Castle (Villa): Two sets of three dice showing the same number. Score: Sum of all the dice. Tower: A set of four combined with a set of two. Score: Sum of all the dice. Maxi Yatzy: All six dice with the same number. Score: 100 points.
Patterned after the success of collectible card games, a number of collectible dice games have been published. [1] Although most of these collectible dice games are long out-of-print, there is still a small following for many of them. Some collectible dice games include: Battle Dice; Dice Masters; Diceland; Dragon Dice