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Showdown Yahtzee

Showdown Yahtzee

Milton Bradley · 1991
2–430 min8+ yrs1.3/5 complexity5.8 BGG#19.565 BGG727Family
short answer

How do you play Showdown Yahtzee?

Yahtzee meets a board game. Players move pawns around a board with 12 open spaces and 4 'wild' spaces. If you land on an open space, you can try to complete one of the 12 standard Yahtzee combinations (not counting the 'Yahtzee' -- more on that later).

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Showdown Yahtzee box art
official art · Milton Bradley

Yahtzee meets a board game. Players move pawns around a board with 12 open spaces and 4 'wild' spaces. If you land on an open space, you can try to complete one of the 12 standard Yahtzee combinations (not counting the 'Yahtzee' -- more on that later). If successful, you place the card for that combination on the space and a certain number of your chips to signify ownership. If another player lands on that space later, they have to match or beat your roll to steal ownership of the board space. Once a combination has been assigned to a space, it stays there -- so the number of combinations available to fill a blank space on the board decreases throughout the game. If a player lands on a 'Wild' space, they can try for any combination, then move their piece to the appropriate space and steal ownership. Also, if a player gets a Yahtzee, they can ignore the space they're on and claim ownership of any space on the board. Once all combinations have been claimed, each player gets one more turn in which they're allowed to keep playing as long as they keep stealing ownership of a card. Whoever has the most chips on the board at the end of the game wins. A very interesting twist on the classic Yahtzee mechanism.

game anatomy
Complexity1.3 / 5
BGG rating5.8 / 10
Vibe
Family
Play time
30 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
8+ yrs
BGG rank
#19.565
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Q3How do you play Showdown Yahtzee?
Showdown Yahtzee is a dice game, for 2–4 players, taking ~30 minutes, featuring dice rolling. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Showdown Yahtzee — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Showdown Yahtzee support?
Showdown Yahtzee is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Showdown Yahtzee take?
A game of Showdown Yahtzee takes about 30 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Showdown Yahtzee for?
Showdown Yahtzee is recommended from age 8.
Q7How complex is Showdown Yahtzee?
Showdown Yahtzee has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.3 out of 5.
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