Advantage Yahtzee PDF Download

In this book, games of chance expert Dr. John Mamoun explains expert strategy for the poker dice game popularly known as Yahtzee. The rules of Yahtzee, published in 1956, are almost identical to the rules of the Yacht game, another poker dice game, the rules of which were first published in a book in 1938. Other names for this game include Yatzee, Yartcee, Yatzy, Yaht, Veshtzee, Yachty, Yatzie, Kniffel, Jatsy or Five Dice Deluxe. Yahtzee requires sophisticated decision-making strategies and optimization skills. This Yahtzee book presents expert strategy for Yahtzee and Triple Yahtzee, tested through computer analysis. The advanced topics contained within this Yahtzee strategy book will make the reader an expert at these games: ● A history of the Yahtzee game ● Yahtzee rules and strategies ● Yahtzee game mathematics and probability ● Annotated games of Yahtzee and Triple Yahtzee ● A set of Yahtzee problems and solutions to test your skills ● A Bibliography The insights contained within this Yahtzee book will improve anyone's ability to play this game with an imaginative, rational playing strategy. Further Notes: The annotated Yahtzee and Triple Yahtzee games in this book contain fully self-contained analyses for each turn, so that the reader can follow along without necessarily having read about the previous turns. Also, the annotated games in this Yahtzee strategy book were generated randomly using an open-source computerized dice generator, to ensure objectivity in the game narration. Concepts are also repeated throughout this Yahtzee book, to help in reinforcing learning of recurring ideas. This Yahtzee book also shows blank Yahtzee scorecards and Triple Yahtzee scorecards. In addition, the annotated games in this Yahtzee book contain scorecards that update the score for each play, which enables the reader to follow along without needing a board or a set of dice in front of him or her.