Yahtzee is a game for ages 8 and over.I would say it is a wonderful game for the whole family.My nephews come over often and I baby sit for them.We get bored with watching TV and talking about school so we start playing games together instead.
My nephews are 9 and 13 and like to play games like monopoly but they complain during the middle because games like that take too long and all you do is move around the board.The same goes for games like Sorry and Clue.
When I taught them how to play Yahtzee they were thrilled.It was different for them and you make different motions through out the game.They have been playing it with me every time they come over now.
Yahtzee is much like poker, a roll of the dice that comes up 22555 would be a full house, something like 12346 would be a small straight, obviously 12345 would be a large straight, you can get 3 or 4 of a kind.The object is to fill in all the score spaces and add up who has the highest scores.
If you roll some thing like 44551 you can take 8 points for the 2 fours, 10 points for the 2 fives, or 19 for the whole face value of the dice for the chance box on your score card.If you get five of anything like 44444 that is called a Yahtzee you get the most points for those.
So really all you do is roll the dice, pick which box you want you score to go into on your score card and then write it in and pass the dice to the next player, and so on.
The Yahtzee game comes with a scoring pad,a cup to shuffle the dice in, and five dice.
I bought Yahtzee at Ocean State Job Lot for 9.99 and have also seen it in Walmart for the same price.It is cheap and a lot of fun to play.My nephews and I play for hours some times.They often win more then I do and they love it.Shhhh don't tell them I let them win though.It wouldn't be so much fun then :-)
All in all Yahtzee was a great purchase.We get a lot of use out of it and have a great time with each other.It is way better then letting them watch TV or not spending time together at all.And I have noticed that since it keeps them so busy they do a lot less arguing with one another.
The best thing about Yahtzee is that there are only a few things to put back in the box when your done.It takes less than a minute and the kids can do the clean up with out doing a sloppy job.
I would recommend Yahtzee to anyone who has children ,adults who like games such as this, or even day care providers who are looking for a way to keep the kids happy as well as busy.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 9.99 Type of Toy: Game
Age Range of Child: 9 Years or Older
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