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Currently Playing: I Solved Yahtzee*

I found the optimal strategy to get as many points as possible in Yahtzee. Even though it took a computer to do it, this strategy can teach us a lot about how to play the game and how to plan for random outcomes. My Blog Post on Yahtzee: https://ballparkfigures.substack.com/p/yahtzee GitHub: https://github.com/Ballpark-Figures/yahtzee Some viewers sent me a game they've been working on. It combines Yahtzee and sudoku in some cool ways, and I've really been enjoying playing it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2903530/Primrows/ A viewer named Magnus sent me a Yahtzee app he built that helps train on the optimal strategy. It's got some really cool analysis: https://yachtl.app/analysis https://reddit.com/r/Yachtl Helpful Resources: Optimal Yahtzee Solver: https://www-set.win.tue.nl/~wstomv/misc/yahtzee/osyp.php Paper on Optimal Yahtzee: https://www-set.win.tue.nl/~wstomv/misc/yahtzee/yahtzee-report-unfinished.pdf Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:40 Rules of Yahtzee 03:39 Part 0: The Math 10:06 Part -1: The Endgame 16:01 Part -2: The Middlegame 23:50 Part -3: The Opening 27:13 Part 1: 2-Player Yahtzee 29:40 Part 2: Multiplayer Yahtzee 32:30 Conclusion