House of Marbles | Yacht | Little Box of Games

House of Marbles | Yacht | Little Box of Games 

A wonderful fun family pencil and notepad boxed game Yacht (better known as Yahtzee).  Perfect for camping, traveling, party bags and plain old family fun!  A refreshing and personable alternative to computer games, and much more portable than a board game.  Yacht is an exciting English version of the old Scandinavian game of Yahtzee.  Players roll the dice and add the totals up using the included notepad based on various scores you can achieve by the configuration of the dice.   The player with the highest final total wins.  The perfect stocking stuffer or basket filler, the set includes a 3" wide score pad, 5 colourful wooden dice and a little pencil - all inside in a 2.75" wide by 4" high, travel worthy box!

Yacht can be played solitaire or by any number players.

Players take turns rolling the five dice. After each roll, the player chooses which dice to keep, and which to re-roll. A player may re-roll some or all of the dice up to two times on a turn. The player must put a score or zero into the score box each turn. The game ends when all score boxes are used. The player with the highest total score wins the game.

The following combinations earn points:

Upper section:

• Ones: The sums of all dice showing the number 1.
• Twos: The sums of all dice showing the number 2.
• Threes: The sum of all dice showing the number 3.
• Fours: The sum of all dice showing the number 4.
• Fives: The sum of all dice showing the number 5.
• Sixes: The sum of all the dice showing the number 6.

If a player manages to score at least 63 points (three of each number) in the upper section, they are awarded a bonus of 50 points.

Lower section:

• Three of a kind: Three dice showing the same number. Score: Sum of those three dice.
• Four of a kind: Four dice with the same number. Score: Sum of those four dice.
• Full house: Any set of three combined with a set of two. Score: Sum of all the dice.
• Small straight: The combination 1,2,3,4,5. Score: 15 points (sum of all the dice)
• Large Straight: The combination 2,3,4,5,6. Score: 20 points (sums of all the dice)
• Yacht: All five dice with the same number. Score: 50 points.
• Chance: Any combination of dice. Score: Sum of all the dice.