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* JuniorVariant: ''Yahtzee Junior'' is a variant that replaces the numbers on the dice with popular characters (or various animals for non-licensed versions), with one in particular counting as the player's choice. The scoring sheet also has five of each character in a row, and color-coded tokens are placed on each tile based on what the player rolled.
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* ThemedStockBoardGame: Yahtzee is starting to get this treatment, with many versions including a custom dice cup shaped like something from the franchise. Versions include American national parks, several sports teams, plus franchises like ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/AChristmasStory'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', ''Film/TheHobbit'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}}'', and ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''.

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* ThemedStockBoardGame: Yahtzee is starting to get this treatment, with many versions including a custom dice cup shaped like something from the franchise. Versions include American national parks, several sports teams, plus franchises like ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/AChristmasStory'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', ''Film/TheHobbit'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}}'', and ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''.
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* ThemedStockBoardGame: Yahtzee is starting to get this treatment, with versions for American national parks, ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', and even ''Film/AChristmasStory''.

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* ThemedStockBoardGame: Yahtzee is starting to get this treatment, with many versions for including a custom dice cup shaped like something from the franchise. Versions include American national parks, several sports teams, plus franchises like ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/AChristmasStory'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', ''Film/TheHobbit'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}}'', and even ''Film/AChristmasStory''.''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''.
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* ThemedStockBoardGame: Yahtzee is starting to get this treatment, with versions for American national parks, ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', and even ''Film/AChristmasStory''.

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* ThemedStockBoardGame: Yahtzee is starting to get this treatment, with versions for American national parks, ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', and even ''Film/AChristmasStory''.
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* NintendoHard: Claiming the "Chance" card in ''Showdown Yahtzee'' (in the standard game, a "catch-all" that simply scores for the total of the five dice) calls for ''25'' points. Meaning, you'll have to average at least a '''5''' on each die for this.
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* NintendoHard: Claiming the "Chance" card in ''Showdown Yahtzee'' (in the standard game, a "catch-all" that simply scores for the total of the five dice) calls for ''25'' points. Meaning, you'll have to average at least a '''5''' on each die for this.
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* GoldenSnitch: Getting a second "Yahtzee" after the first (which is already worth 50 points itself) is pretty much a game winner unless the other player also manages to do so as you get a 100 point bonus and can use it as a joker to complete any other scoring dice combination such as the otherwise difficult to acquire "Full Straight" worth 40 points before the bonus. In a game where the absolute maximum score without multiple "Yahtzees" is 375 and the average score is around 250 this is pretty much game over for your opponent 99% of the time.
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* ThemedStockBoardGame: Yahtzee is starting to get this treatment, with versions for American national parks, ''Film/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', and even ''Film/AChristmasStory''.

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* ThemedStockBoardGame: Yahtzee is starting to get this treatment, with versions for American national parks, ''Film/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', and even ''Film/AChristmasStory''.
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* ThemedStockBoardGame: Yahtzee is starting to get this treatment, with versions for American national parks, ''Film/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''LiveActionTelevision/DoctorWho'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', and even ''Film/AChristmasStory''.

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* ThemedStockBoardGame: Yahtzee is starting to get this treatment, with versions for American national parks, ''Film/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''LiveActionTelevision/DoctorWho'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', and even ''Film/AChristmasStory''.
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* ThemedStockBoardGame: Yahtzee is starting to get this treatment, with versions for American national parks, ''Film/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''LiveActionTelevision/DoctorWho'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', and even ''Film/AChristmasStory''.
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A recent variant, ''Power Yahtzee'', includes a red Power Die, which can double or triple a player's score. ''Yahtzee'' was also the basis for a short-lived syndicated GameShow with [[Series/TheHollywoodSquares Peter Marshall]] in the late-1980s.

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Various versions with altered gameplay have been released over the years, ranging from ''Showdown Yahtzee'', which added a competitive board game element, to ''Yahtzee Turbo'', a card-based game with a talking electronic "Big Die". A recent variant, ''Power Yahtzee'', includes a red Power Die, which can double or triple a player's score. ''Yahtzee'' was also the basis for a short-lived syndicated GameShow with [[Series/TheHollywoodSquares Peter Marshall]] in the late-1980s.
late-1980s; the short-lived 1975 game show ''Spin-Off'' (hosted by [[Series/BullseyeUS Jim Lange]] for [[Series/SuperPayCards Nicholson-Muir]] on Creator/{{CBS}}) was like this but with questions, and ''Series/FamilyGameNight'' on Hasbro-owned Creator/TheHub featured ''Yahtzee Bowling''.
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A recent variant, ''Power Yahtzee'', includes a red Power Die, which can double or triple a player's score. ''Yahtzee'' was also the basis for a short-lived syndicated GameShow with [[TheHollywoodSquares Peter Marshall]] in the late-1980s.

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A recent variant, ''Power Yahtzee'', includes a red Power Die, which can double or triple a player's score. ''Yahtzee'' was also the basis for a short-lived syndicated GameShow with [[TheHollywoodSquares [[Series/TheHollywoodSquares Peter Marshall]] in the late-1980s.
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''Yahtzee'' is an adaptation of a traditional English dice game (Yacht), altered slightly and given a pseudo-Oriental makeover by Milton Bradley. Players roll five dice, trying to get as many matching numbers as possible. If a player succeeds in getting all five dice to match, he gets a "Yahtzee" (called a "Yacht" in the traditional version) and a 50-point bonus. Bonuses are also awarded for poker hand-esque combinations, such as a pair of twos and three threes, making a full house.

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''Yahtzee'' is an adaptation of a traditional English dice game (Yacht), altered slightly and given a pseudo-Oriental makeover by Milton Bradley.Creator/MiltonBradley. Players roll five dice, trying to get as many matching numbers as possible. If a player succeeds in getting all five dice to match, he gets a "Yahtzee" (called a "Yacht" in the traditional version) and a 50-point bonus. Bonuses are also awarded for poker hand-esque combinations, such as a pair of twos and three threes, making a full house.
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Not to be confused with [[BenCroshaw Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]].

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Not to be confused with [[BenCroshaw [[Creator/BenCroshaw Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]].
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A recent variant, ''Power Yahtzee'', includes a red Power Die, which can double or triple a player's score. ''Yahtzee'' was also the basis for a short-lived syndicated GameShow with [[TheHollywoodSquares Peter Marshall]] in the mid-1980s.

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A recent variant, ''Power Yahtzee'', includes a red Power Die, which can double or triple a player's score. ''Yahtzee'' was also the basis for a short-lived syndicated GameShow with [[TheHollywoodSquares Peter Marshall]] in the mid-1980s.
late-1980s.
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''Yahtzee'' is an adaptation of a traditional English dice game (Yacht), altered slightly and given a pseudo-Oriental makeover by Milton Bradley. Players roll five dice, trying to get as many matching numbers as possible. If a player succeeds in getting all five dice to match, he gets a "Yahtzee" (called a "Yacht" in the traditional version) and a 50-point bonus. Bonuses are also awarded for poker hand-esque combinations, such as a pair of twos and three threes, making a full house.

A recent variant, ''Power Yahtzee'', includes a red Power Die, which can double or triple a player's score. ''Yahtzee'' was also the basis for a short-lived syndicated GameShow with [[TheHollywoodSquares Peter Marshall]] in the mid-1980s.

Not to be confused with [[BenCroshaw Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]].
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* LuckManipulationMechanic: ''Yahtzee'' incorporates this as a core game mechanic. Players roll five dice each round, and if they don't like how they come up, they can re-roll some or all of them up to twice in one turn in attempts to get specific dice combinations.
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