# I just scored 812 at Yatzee

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 14, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-812-at-yatzee/368683 "2006-08-14T15:58:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-812-at-yatzee/368683/1 "2006-08-14T15:58:57Z")

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Well, technically it’s something like Yadice, playing on my PDA. A whopping 812.

I rock.

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**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-812-at-yatzee/368683/2 "2006-08-15T01:07:03Z")

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Details? What was the word? What were the triple/douple,etc.? Bonus for using al the tiles I expect? [sup]\*[/sup]25 extra points if it’s pornagraphic?

[sup]\*[/sup](my house scrabble rules)

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**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-812-at-yatzee/368683/3 "2006-08-15T01:17:38Z")

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[QUOTE=NurseCarmen]  
[sup]\*[/sup](my house scrabble rules)  
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_::whistles innocently::_

[sub]Ahem, that was Yahtzee.[/sub]

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**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-812-at-yatzee/368683/4 "2006-08-15T01:20:08Z")

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[QUOTE=NurseCarmen]  
Details? What was the word? What were the triple/douple,etc.? Bonus for using al the tiles I expect? [sup]\*[/sup]25 extra points if it’s pornagraphic?  
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I thought Yatzee was about numbers…

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**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-812-at-yatzee/368683/5 "2006-08-15T01:26:30Z")

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[QUOTE=guizot]  
I thought Yatzee was about numbers…  
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It’s a dice game. I have it on my PDA because it’s simple and seems to fascinate me. I play it a lot, adjusting my strategies. A typical score is in the two hundreds. I had a lot of luck.

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**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-812-at-yatzee/368683/6 "2006-08-15T02:44:42Z")

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I have no idea why I read that as scrabble.

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**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-scored-812-at-yatzee/368683/7 "2006-08-15T03:12:42Z")

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I wrote a computer program for a Yatzee game, and as I recall, it’s kind of like poker with dice.