

Of course you can’t control what the dice give you but you are much more likely to get a large straight if you have a 2,3,4,5 dice combo because you can get the large straight by rolling a 1 or a 6 doubling your chances of success. Try for a large straight when you have a 2,3,4,5 Of course if the game is almost over and you still don’t have a full house then it’s time to try for one. In my experience, 90% of the time you get a full house by accident and just take it when it comes. Didn’t get the large straight you were trying for? Just put a zero in your ones and try to make up for the missed points elsewhere. Instead use your ones to make up for when you don’t quite get what you are going for. Never “go for” ones unless maybe you roll 5 of them in the beginning and think you may be able to roll a Yahtzee. Your ones or aces are a lot easier to make up for missed points than anywhere else. If you roll four sixes or four fives this will really help to make up for not rolling enough of another number. You need to get three of each number to get the 35 point Yahtzee bonus in the upper section which can be a big deal. These are just some of the most basic ones that seem to get your total score from the upper and lower section to be the highest. Of course there are more strategies than this.

You can’t make the dice do what you want but you can play with probability and the numbers to give yourself the best chance at getting a high score. The Yahtzee box says it’s a game of chance and skill and this is true. Printables from Paper Trail Design are for personal use only. I find it easiest to first click on the image to enlarge it, then drag and drop the image to my desktop, then print it from there.

Yahtzee is one of the most classic family board games and it’s a big bummer to run out of Yahtzee score sheets. Use our free printable Yahtzee score card after you’ve run out of Yahtzee cards in the box.
