Photo: Olof Grind.
Today’s guest blogger is Marit Fahlander who recently held World Championships in dominoes.
Yahtzee is like life - 90 percent luck and ten percent skill. The equation can of course be debated - some believe that it’s half-half and some insist it’s all luck…
Anyway, sure you have an advantage by thinking strategically, but no major intellectual effort is required in yahtzee.
All you need is five dice, and at least one opponent. You throw the dice three times and try to save up for a combination which you then write down on your scorecard. Perhaps a pair, a small straight or a full house. (Information on what the combinations are can usually be found on the accompanying scorecard.) If you throw a Yahtzee you’ve managed to get five identical dice sides up! It is a bit like getting an orgasm.
Speaking of sex, I actually know a girl who usually plays Yahtzee by herself ... But if you’d like to take the Yahtzee to a whole new level, I recommend that you arrange a Yahtzee tournament. The world championship in Yahtzee was held recently in Malmö. The 16 contestants represented perhaps not the whole world - but it was still a World Cup because everyone in the whole world was welcome to attend. EVERYONE can play Yahtzee.
Required time:
Less than an hour
Cons:
Yahtzee is a great pastime, but the risk is that you end up playing too much, game after game as if in a trance, and that you’ll forget all the things you have to do.
Pros:
The dice rattle beautifully on the table and the game goes well with coffee and gossip.
