Playing the odds (Yahtzee)

Member Name: Bryn Pearson

Product:	Yahtzee
Date:	07/05/01 (238 review reads)
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Advantages: imporves maths skills, chance is a curious thing.

Disadvantages: can go on for way too long.

On the surface, this is a very simple game in which you roll some dice and try to gt all the same number, combinations fo numbers or runs, to make up a score on your sheet. There is a lot of skill in it though, as you have to work out the odds and trae off high scoring wild chancs against low scoring easy throws.

I play this as a two player, and the moer people you add in, the longer it takes. it can get really, really boring, and its something you have to be ni the mood for. You need pretty good maths skills as there's lot sof adding up to do. Its a god one for getting kids into the habit of counting, butnot the sort of game you want to play every day.

To be honest, I think the full games goes on for too long, as you play half a dozen games in order to find a winner. If you have a normal attention span, just play a few rounds and them move on to something else - its better for your sanity.

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