Yacht (Yahtzee)
Alternative Names
Yachting Dice Game; General; Double Cameroon
History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht_(dice_game)
Video Tutorial
Instructions
Objective:
The objective of Yacht is to score the most points by rolling specific combinations with five dice over a series of rounds.
Materials:
- 5 dice per person.
- A scorecard or a way to keep track of scores.
- Remaining Gold Cup dice to be used as currency if betting without money.
Free PDF Scorecard Download
Setup:
- Designate a player as the scorekeeper and create a scorecard. The scorecard typically consists of several rounds, each representing different combinations to score.
Playing the Round & Rolling Dice:
- In each round, players take turns rolling all five dice at once.
- The youngest player, or the winner of the previous game rolls first.
- Players take turns in a clockwise order.
- The goal of each round is to roll specific combinations.
- A player rolls and chooses their preferred combination to maximize points.
- A player may roll up to three times each per round. When rerolling, they may choose to keep any number of dice and roll the remaining.
- A player may choose to stop, or must stop when they have rolled three times, they choose their combination set and count their score.
- A player writes the score in the respective Combination/Round box on the scoresheet
- A previously used combination set from an earlier round for that player cannot be reused or repicked.
- For example: A player chooses to lock in their "Full house" set, with three 2's and two 1's (score = 8). Their next round they roll three 6's and two 5's (score = 28), They cannot use it for a "full house" set, but they can use it for other combination sets.
Scoring:
- Points are recorded on the scorecard or phone based on the combinations rolled in each round.
- Each person has their own score sheet
- Copy paste the following text in your notes app and use it as a score sheet.
Winning the Game:
- The player with the highest total score at the end of all 13 rounds is declared the winner.
Variations:
- To bet with Yacht, count the difference between the winner and the other players score, that number of points is awarded from each person to the winner.
- "General" The rules of general are more or less the same as Yacht dice, with the primary difference being the scoring of the straights and 5-of-a-kind
- "Double Cameroon" is a variation of Yacht Dice with ten dice instead of 5. The dice are split into two sets of five and scored separately per round.
- If you would like to add a variation to these rules, leave an Amazon review with the variation in the review for it will be added to this section.