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Instructions

A version of the classic dice game, with the proper rules! Just like the well-known "Yahtzee"¹ and the public domain game "Yacht".

Each turn begins by shaking all five dice. You then choose which dice to keep, and which to shake again - tap on the dice to "keep", then shake the remaining dice again. After your third shake, these are your final dice which count towards your score.

At the end of each turn, you now have to select a row from the scoresheet to enter your score. Each row scores in a different way, but you must pick one row. You then move to your next turn by shaking all five dice again. The game ends when you have entered a score for all rows in the scoresheet.

This app features three game types: Classic, Lucky7 and Tricolor.

Classic Rules

The scoresheet is divided into upper and lower sections.

Upper section: the rows are laballed Aces to Sixes - you score only those dice which coorespond to the name of the row. For example, if you select the row called "Twos" and your dice are "2, 3, 2, 2, 6", then you would score 6. You also score a bonus of 35 points if the sum of your scores in the upper section adds up to 63 of greater.

Lower section: here you must have the appropriate dice in order to score.
3/Kind: at least three dice must show the same value. Scores total of all dice.
4/Kind: at least four dice must show the same value. Scores total of all dice.
Full House: a set of three dice showing the same value, plus the remaining two dice showing another value (e.g "3, 3, 3, 5, 5"). Scores 25.
Lo Straight: a run of at least four numbers (e.g "1, 2, 3, 4"). Scores 30.
Hi straight: a run of all five (e.g "1, 2, 3, 4, 5"). Scores 40.
YachtC: all dice showing the same value. Scores 50.
Chance: scores total value of all dice.

Note that the order the dice appear does not matter, so for example "1, 4, 3, 5, 2" is also a "Hi Straight". A second "yahtzee" in the same game is worth an extra 100 bonus points.

Lucky7 Rules

In this variation, the game is played with seven-sided dice. The "seven" on one of the dice is highlighted a different colour. When you are lucky enough to roll this dice, it can be used as a "wildcard" to represent any value from 1 to 7. Tap on the dice until it shows the value you most prefer.

The scoresheet is divided into upper and lower sections just like the classic game, but this time there are seven rows in the upper section. You need to score 84 in the upper section to get the bonus, which is worth 46 points.

The lower section of the scoresheet is just like the Classic game, but you can of course use the "wildcard" 7 to help.

Tricolor Rules

In this variation, the game is played with special dice with different colored faces and is similar to the game known as "Kismet". By default, the faces showing "1" and "6" are white, "2" and "5" are red, with "3" and "4" being green. The dice colors become significant for some rows in the lower section.

The scoresheet is divided into upper and lower sections just like the classic game.

Upper section: The upper section works in a similar way to the classic game, except that the bonus is variable depending on your score:
62 or less : no bonus
63 to 70 : bonus 35
71 to 77 : bonus 55
78 or more: bonus 75

Lower section: The lower section contains some extra rows, some of these relate to the dice colors:
2 Pair Color: two pairs, but both pairs must be the same color dice.
3/Kind: just like the classic game.
Straight: a run of all five dice (i.e. High Straight) but in this version scores 30.
Flush: all five dice the same color, scores 35.
F/House: full house, just like the classic game but scores total of all dice plus 15.
F/House color: full house, but all dice must the same color - scores total of all dice plus 20.
4/Kind: like the classic game but scores total of all dice plus 25.
YachtC: scores total of all dice plus 50.
Chance: as classic, scores total of all dice.
In this version of the game, you continue to get a bonus 100 for a second YachtC.

¹ "Yahtzee" is a trademark of Hasbro.


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Recent Update

13 May 2012New
YachtC V1.52 released - New feature to toggle all dice with long press.

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Recent comments

yachtc After newest update, on my DROID razr freezes between games or after a reset game. Just blue black screen fir 30-45 secs every time. Very annoying
posted 2012-04-19 by Bryan
Thanks for the report. Obviously that shouldn't be happening, but I am having trouble reproducing it. However I suspect it is caused by the service which handles in the in-app adverts. If so it was probably just a temporary glitch. I will keep an eye out for this problem re-appearing in future.

thanks for adding save feature! I love that I can go back to my game if It's interuppted by a text or call...
posted 2011-12-16 by penny

Scores not saved Once I cleared local scores, it stopped saving any scores at all locally
posted 2011-11-22 by Carol R
I tried clearing my local scores, but for me, the next game saved OK. Can you give any more information on how I could reproduce this problem?

save I play this all the time but I have found that when I have to answer a call or check a text it doesn't save my current game...can you add this feature in an update?
posted 2011-10-28 by Penny
It's a good idea - I'll look into adding it in a future update. Update: This feature has now been added.

problem with new version Too sensitive!! Reacts to motion of car and completes next roll w/o selecting shake. Hate the large size die - should give option to users on die size.
posted 2011-08-19 by Nicole
Hi Nicole, Sorry the latest version didn't work well for you. The shake sensitivity hasn't changed in the latest version - it should work just as before - and this feature can be turned off the in options menu. The dice now scale to the available screen size, as people with large screen and tablets reported they were too small previously. It's hard to keep everyone happy I guess! :-P I'l

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