How to play Yahtzee?

The basic idea of the game is that you have 5 dice.

You roll them 3 times to achieve the best value possible on each turn.

There are 39 different scoring boxes and the game does not end until all 39 are filled.

Each turn consists of at most 3 rolls of the dice.

At the start of each turn, you roll all the dice, by clicking the "Roll" button.

Prior to each subsequent roll you may choose to hold or release any combination of dice.

You hold a dice by clicking it with the mouse. You release a dice by clicking it again.

After the third roll, you must score the set of dice in one of the scoring boxes (if your first or second throw is good enough, you can score it directly).

Scoring

You can score in any of the scoring boxes that are still open.

The score is indicated as you move the mouse cursor over the box.

At the right, any rows that are not scoring for your throw are grayed out.

(However, sometimes you have no other choice than picking a zero score.)

In the top section, you score according to the number of dices showing the number of 1's, 2's and so on.

In the bottom section, you score if your throw belongs to one of these special cases:

Name	Condition	Score

three of a kind	3 dice of the same kind	sum of all the dice

four of a kind	4 dice of the same kind	sum of all the dice

full house	2 of one kind, 3 of another	25 points

small straight	4 consecutive numbers	30 points

straight	5 consecutive numbers	40 points

Yahtzee	5 dice of the same kind	50 points

Chance	any combination	sum of all the dice

In the top section you get a bonus (35 points) in any of the 3 columns if your subtotal for that column is greater or equal to 63.

In the bottom section you get a Yahtzee Bonus (100 points) per EXTRA Yahtzee after you filled the 3 Yahtzee boxes.

The upper total and the bottom total together give the combined total.

This value is multiplied with 1 in the first column, with 2 in the second column, and with 3 in the third column to give the Triple Yahtzee Total.

Finally, the sum of this last total in the 3 columns will be your total score.

Some tips

- 	Yahtzees score the best, so these should be your first goal.

- 	the top section is best if you have 3 (or more) of a number. If you get exactly 3 of each number in a column, you reach the 63 points to get the top section bonus for that column.

- 	if you don't have a very good throw, you can score a Chance, or choose Ones. That way, your loss is not so much.

- 	by preference, big scores are put in the third column, because these points are tripled.

- 	accordingly, low scores can be put in the first column.