Yahtzee

Yahtzee

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Yahtzee is a dice roll-and-write game. You roll 5 dice, choose any number of those dice to re-roll up to 2 times, and then choose one of 13 lines to fill in on your score sheet. Aim to get the highest total score by the end of the game.

  Yahtzee
  ╒════════ Score Sheet ════════╕
  ├─────── Upper Section ───────┤
  │   Aces...............[    ] │
  │   Twos...............[    ] │
  │   Threes.............[    ] │
  │   Fours..............[   8] │
  │   Fives..............[  15] │
  │   Sixes..............[    ] │
  │   Aces-Sixes Bonus...[    ] │
  ├─────── Lower Section ───────┤
  │   3 of a Kind........[  25] │
  │   4 of a Kind........[  21] │
  │   Full House.........[    ] │
  │   Small Straight.....[    ] │
  │   Large Straight.....[    ] │
  │   Yahtzee............[    ] │
  │   Chance.............[    ] │
  │   Yahtzee Bonus......[    ] │
  │   Total..............[    ] │
  └─────────────────────────────┘
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  Dice: ║ 3 ║║ 6 ║║ 2 ║║ 2 ║║ 5 ║
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Score Sheet Explanations:

• Upper Section
  • Aces: total of all dice with 1 values (example 1-2-2-4-6 = 1 points or 1-1-1-3-5 = 3 points)
  • Twos: total of all dice with 2 values (example 2-1-5-3-5 = 2 points or 2-2-2-2-4 = 8 points)
  • Threes: total of all dice with 3 values (example 3-1-1-4-5 = 3 points or 3-3-3-2-4 = 9 points)
  • Fours: total of all dice with 4 values (example 4-1-3-2-5 = 4 points or 4-4-3-2-5 = 8 points)
  • Fives: total of all dice with 5 values (example 5-1-3-2-6 = 5 points or 5-5-5-2-1 = 15 points)
  • Sixes: total of all dice with 6 values (example 6-1-2-3-4 = 6 points or 6-6-6-6-1 = 24 points)
  • [automatic] Aces-Sixes Bonus: gain a 35 bonus if you score at least 63 total in the rest of the upper section
• Lower Section
  • 3 of a Kind: gain points equal to the sum of the dice values if you have at least 3 of the same value (example 1-1-1-2-2 = 7 points or 5-5-5-2-2 = 19 points)
  • 4 of a Kind: gain points equal to the sum of the dice values if you have at least 4 of the same value (example 1-1-1-1-2 = 6 points or 5-5-5-5-2 = 22 points)
  • Full House: gain 25 points if you roll 2 of one value and 3 of another value (example 1-1-2-2-2 or 3-3-5-5-5 or 6-6-2-2-2)
  • Small Straight: gain 30 points if you roll a run of 4 (example 1-2-3-4-* or 2-3-4-5-* or 3-4-5-6-*)
  • Large Straight: gain 40 points if you roll a run of 5 (example 1-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-6)
  • Yahtzee: gain 50 points if you roll 5 of the same value (example 1-1-1-1-1 or 2-2-2-2-2)
  • Chance: gain points equal to the sum of the dice values (example 1-1-1-1-1 = 5 points or 1-2-3-4-5 = 15 points or 5-5-5-6-6 = 27 points)
  • [automatic] Yahtzee Bonus: gain a 100 bonus for each Yahtzee you roll after having already scored a 50-point Yahtzee
  • [automatic] Total: your calculated total score at the end of the game

Input

• enter: confirm
• space: roll dice
• ↑, ←, →: select dice to re-roll
• ↑, ↓: select score sheet item
• escape: exit game

Downloads

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