Yahtzee: Doctor Who Collector's Edition
Yahtzee: Doctor Who Collector's Edition BGG link
- Players
- 2 to 10
- Play time
- 30 minutes
- Designer
- Edwin S. Lowe
- Publishers
- (Public Domain), Alga, AMIGO, Basic Fun, Inc., Blatz, Challenge Master Game Co Ltd, Copp Clark Publishing Company, danspil, Dilemma Games, Diset S. A., Drechsler, Dujardin, E.S. Lowe, Editrice Giochi, ESC-Toy Ltd, F.X. Schmid, General Mills, Goldmerk, Gorden Designs, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, Hasbro, Hayes Specialties Corporation (HSC), Joker, Jumbo, Kärnan, Klee, Korea Boardgames Co., Ltd., MB Giochi, MB Jeux, MB Spellen, MB Spiele, Milton Bradley, Noris Spiele, The Op, Palet spil, Papita, Parker Brothers, Peri Spiele, Piatnik, RIWA Spiele, Schmidt Spiele, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Tactic, Teepe Sportverlag, Waddingtons, Winning Moves Games (USA), Winning Solutions
- Year
- 1956
- Rating
- 5.4 (BGG average)
Mechanisms
Categories
Families
- Game: Yahtzee
- Mechanism: Roll-and-Write
- Traditional Dice Games: Yacht
- Animals: Cats
- Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien
- Books: Alice in Wonderland
- Books: Tark Mees Taskus
- Brands: Disney
- Brands: Groceries
- Brands: Harley-Davidson
- Brands: Restaurants
- Celebrities: Elvis Presley
- Characters: Hello Kitty
- Cities: Boston (Massachusetts, USA)
- Cities: Chicago (Illinois, USA)
- Cities: Dallas (Texas, USA)
- Cities: New York (New York, USA)
- Cities: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)
- Comic Books: Marvel Universe
- Comic Strips: Peanuts
- Containers: Tubes
- Country: USA
- Digital Implementations: Board Game Arena
- Holidays: Christmas
- Movies: Jaws
- Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean
- Movies: The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Series: Classic (Schmidt Spiele)
- Series: Die wilden Fussballkerle (Kosmos)
- Series: Travel Games for Smart Kids (Goldmerk)
- Space: Venus
- Sports Teams: Boston Red Sox
- Sports Teams: Chicago Bears
- Sports Teams: Chicago Cubs
- Sports Teams: Dallas Cowboys
- Sports Teams: Eintracht Frankfurt
- Sports Teams: New England Patriots
- Sports Teams: New York Yankees
- Sports Teams: Oakland Raiders
- Sports: American Football / Gridiron
- Sports: Baseball
- States: Ohio
- Theme: Cereal Games
- Theme: Cthulhu Mythos
- Theme: Motorcycles
- Theme: Superheroes
- Theme: US National Parks
- TV Shows: Doctor Who
- TV Shows: Rick and Morty
- TV Shows: Spongebob Squarepants
- TV Shows: The Muppet Show
- Video Game Theme: Nintendo
- Video Game Theme: Super Mario Bros.
Description
Yahtzee is a classic dice game played with 5 dice. Each player's turn consists of rolling the dice up to 3 times in hope of making 1 of 13 categories. Examples of categories are 3 of a kind, 4 of a kind, straight, full house, etc. Each player tries to fill in a score for each category, but this is not always possible. When all players have entered a score or a zero for all 13 categories, the game ends and total scores are compared.
The traditional (public domain) game Yacht predates the trademarked game, and has slightly different scoring.
There are four basic scoring difference between the tradition game Yacht and Yahtzee. They are: 1) Yacht has no Three of a Kind category, 2) there are no bonuses in Yacht, 3) there are no Joker rules in Yacht, and 4) the Full House category is scored as the sum of the dice. The other scoring rules are identical between the two games.
Travel versions of the game use a device that keeps the dice captured within compartments of a plastic box and allows players to "lock" a particular die between rolls.