The best Yahtzee-like games 🎲 2023
Looking for a new Yahtzee challenge 🎲? We have picked out and compared the best board games similar to Yahtzee.
What is Yahtzee anyway?
Yahtzee is one of the first roll-and-write dice games.
In this list you will find games, expansions, promos, etc. that are either directly based on the traditional, public domain dice game "Yacht", including its variants, offshoots and descendants. The most popular representative is "Yahtzee" - known in Germany as "Kniffel". In addition, we have added games strongly inspired by Yahtzee to the list - especially in the last few years some very innovative interpratations of Yahtzee have been created.
Yacht - the forefather of Kniffel/Yahtzee
In the 1920s, some card players were looking for a game they could play on their yacht. They tried dice, but found the existing dice games unsatisfactory. So they invented a game based on poker hands but using dice. They named the game Yacht, after the place where it was first played.
How does Yahtzee work?
The object of the game is to score the most points by rolling five dice to make certain combinations. The dice can be rolled up to three times in a round to try to form one of the thirteen possible scoring combinations. A game of Yahtzee consists of thirteen rounds in which the player chooses which scoring combination to use in that round. Once a combination has been used in the game, it cannot be used again.
The scoring combinations have different point values, some of which are fixed values and some of which have the cumulative value of the dice. A "Yahtzee" is five of the same dice and has the highest point value of the game of 50 (though multiple "Yahtzee" in the same game are sometimes allowed - and sometimes not - depending on the rule)."
List of the best Yahtzee-like games 2023 🎲
Over the years, many variations on the Yacht game principle have been created and published. We have listed the best Yahtzee-like games here:
That's Pretty Clever!
Nominated for 8 awards and won 1.
⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2018
More details for That's Pretty Clever!- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!9€ at.de
Qwixx
Nominated for 9 awards and won 3.
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2013
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2013
More details for Qwixx- 2 - 5 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Encore!
- 1 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Encore!
Qwinto
- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
King of the Dice
- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Age of War
- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
Twenty One
- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Twenty One
Sushizock im Gockelwok
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Sushizock im Gockelwok- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Criss Cross
- 1 - 6 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Criss Cross
Piraten kapern
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!9€ at.de
Zooloretto: The Dice Game
Nominated for 2 awards.
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2012
More details for Zooloretto: The Dice Game- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!14€ at.de
Martian Dice
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Martian Dice- 2 - 99 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Yahtzee Free for All
- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Battle Yahtzee: Deadpool
- 1 - 99 Players
- 13+ years old
- Immediately playable
Ancient Terrible Things
- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Yahtzee Deluxe Poker
- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
Super Farmer
Nominated for 3 awards and won 3.
More details for Super Farmer- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
Monopoly Express
- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Karten Kniffel
- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!9€ at.de
Showdown Yahtzee
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Yahtzee Steal the Deal
- 2 - 5 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Battle Yahtzee: Alien vs. Predator
- 1 - 4 Players
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Square Shooters
- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Yahtzee
🔥 Deal: 48% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!
More details for Yahtzee- 2 - 10 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!6€ at.de
Triple Yahtzee
- 1 - 10 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Power Yahtzee
- 1 - 4 Players
- 25 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Yahtzee Hands Down Card Game
- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Yahtzee Jr.
- 2 - 4 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 4+ years old
- Immediately playable
Zoo Yatzy
- 2 - 99 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 4+ years old
- Immediately playable
Yahtzee: Texas Hold'em
- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 18+ years old
- Easy to learn
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