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Sanne Moderator

Would anyone be interested in doing a forum based yahtzee game? It'll probably be simplified a little but I imagine it'd be fun! I'm stuck in bed for most part of the day so this would be welcome for me.
I haven't played yahtzee in so long... I only even vaguely remember some of the workings. ^^; I wouldn't mind re-learning, though. :3
:P I can pretend to play and go YAHTZEE! randomly throughout the game lol
Yahtzee as in "Kniffel" ?
Sanne Topic Starter Moderator

Jane wrote:
Yahtzee as in "Kniffel" ?

Yes!

I'll see about devising a forum friendly game with not too many special rules or scoring system sometime today!
Sanne Topic Starter Moderator

Okay let's see. Here's the scorecard and the system I want to use:
Quote:
UPPER SECTION
Ones: Count and add up only ones
Twos: Count and add up only twos
Threes: Count and add up only threes
Fours: Count and add up only fours
Fives: Count and add up only fives
Sixes: Count and add up only sixes

Sum: Add up score of the upper section.
BONUS: If total score above is 60 or more, you gain 50 bonus points. If the score above is less than 60, you don't gain any bonus points.


LOWER SECTION
1 pair: 2 of a kind, add total of all dice
2 pairs: 2 sets of 2 of a kind, add total of all dice
3 of a kind: Add total of all dice
4 of a kind: Add total of all dice
Full House: 3 of a kind + 1 pair - add total of all dice
Small straight: Roll 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - score 15
Large straight: Roll 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - score 20
Chance: Add up total of all dice, can be totally random
Yahtzee: Roll 5 of a kind - score 50

Sum: Add up score of the lower section.


Grand total: Add up score of upper + score of lower section.

A copy pastable card
Code:
[quote][b]UPPER SECTION[/b] [b]Ones[/b]: [b]Twos[/b]: [b]Threes[/b]: [b]Fours[/b]: [b]Fives[/b]: [b]Sixes[/b]: [b]Sum[/b]: [b]BONUS[/b]: [b]LOWER SECTION[/b] [b]1 pair[/b]: [b]2 pairs[/b]: [b]3 of a kind[/b]: [b]4 of a kind[/b]: [b]Full House[/b]: [b]Small straight[/b]: [b]Large straight[/b]: [b]Chance[/b]: [b]Yahtzee[/b]: [b]Sum[/b]: [b]Grand total:[/b] [/quote]


I'm trying to think of an efficient way to roll the dice. It will be 5 dice each turn, and you can 'lock' and 'unlock' a die for the next turn. So during your turn, you can post up to 3 times, then add the score to your card. You could quote your card into your very last roll perhaps? Let me play around with it a little.

rolled 1d6 and got 6

rolled 1d6 and got 3

rolled 1d6 and got 5

rolled 1d6 and got 3

rolled 1d6 and got 6

Sanne Topic Starter Moderator

Holding 6, 6, 3 and 3. Rolling 1 die.

rolled 1d6 and got 2

Sanne Topic Starter Moderator

Still holding 6, 6, 3 and 3. Rolling 1 die.
Sanne Topic Starter Moderator

Quote:
UPPER SECTION
Ones:
Twos:
Threes:
Fours:
Fives:
Sixes:

Sum:
BONUS:


LOWER SECTION
1 pair:
2 pairs: 18
3 of a kind:
4 of a kind:
Full House:
Small straight:
Large straight:
Chance:
Yahtzee:

Sum:


Grand total:

Rolled 2 pairs: 6, 6, 3, 3. Score is 18. Yay!


OKAY GUYS does this look doable to you or is it too much of a hassle? This looks like it would be most fun to play in the chat of this topic when everyone is on at the same time to play it. :3

It might be easier to keep the scorecard in ONE post and edit it whenever we roll, to make it easier and less cluttered.

rolled 1d6 and got 5

jaykob

never mind

rolled 5d6 and got 19
ima go now then

Rogue-Scribe

Ok, so I was dumpster-diving the Games forum and came across this gem ... Sanne's Yahtzee game.
Didn't look like it took off but it does look fun so I'm going to do it! Maybe it will gather steam, maybe not, but ... DICE!
Quote:
UPPER SECTION
Ones:
Twos: 6
Threes:
Fours:
Fives:
Sixes:

Sum:
BONUS:


LOWER SECTION
1 pair:
2 pairs:
3 of a kind:
4 of a kind:
Full House:
Small straight:
Large straight:
Chance:
Yahtzee:

Sum:


Grand total:
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 2.
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 2.
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 3.
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 5.
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 1.
Rogue-Scribe

Keeping the 2x 2's...
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 2.
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 5.
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 1.
Rogue-Scribe

Keeping the 2 from this roll
...
third roll
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 6.
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 1.
Curious to see how this would work...
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 6.
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 1.
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 1.
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 4.
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 2.
Guess I will start with 1s for now...
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 4.
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 4.
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 2.
...maybe I shouldn't have in hindsight. Good thing we can re-roll twice, right?

Gonna stick to 1s for now...
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 1.
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 4.
rolled 1d6 and got a natural 3.
Alright, good thing I figured out how to quote things earlier today...
Alex's Yahtzee Sheet wrote:
UPPER SECTION
Ones: 3
Twos:
Threes:
Fours:
Fives:
Sixes:

Sum:
BONUS:


LOWER SECTION
1 pair:
2 pairs:
3 of a kind:
4 of a kind:
Full House:
Small straight:
Large straight:
Chance:
Yahtzee:

Sum:


Grand total:

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