Yahtzee Bowling

***Yahtzee Bowling*** was a classic game on Family Game Night, used in the first three seasons of the show. However, they don't use regular dice, due to it being boring(according to Todd). They use six-sided bowling pins to emulate real bowling.

## Gameplay

The object of the game is to make the best possible scoring combination. The combinations are (In Value):

* Pair (Two dice of the same number)
* Two Pair (Two single pairs)
* 3 of a Kind (Three of the same number)
* Small Straight (4 consecutive numbers)
* Full House (3 of a kind and a Pair)
* Large Straight (5 consecutive numbers)
* 4 of a kind (4 of the same number)
* 5 of a kind (5 of the same number, aka Yahtzee) and everybody screams YAHTZEE!

Note: If two families have the same combination, the bigger number quantity will determine the winner(i.e 3 of a kind 6's in a full house beat 3 of a kind 5's). If the bigger number quanity is tied, the frame is considered a tie.

Rules:

Each family got 3 rolls to get the best combination they can. After each roll, they could either keep what they had, reroll some of the pins (see above), or switch out some of the pins. The family with the better scoring combination wins a frame, and the first family to win two frames wins the game. The mother or father(swapping out for the two frames) would help decide with the family what they should do and how to get the best possible scoring combination. If there is a tie in a frame, whoever won the other frame would win.

#### Roll-Off

In the case of a tiebreaker due to only two frames being played, the game would go to a roll off, in which with one roll, the best scoring combination won the game. It is unknown what happens in a tie in the roll off, but most likely there would be a reroll on the roll off until someone won.

## Season 3 Rules

One family would be called up and they would play for prizes depending on what they roll.

### Prizes Examples

* Yahtzee is always being a $5,000 Mall Shopping Spree except in the pilot where it was a Caribbean Vacation. However some of the time rarely anyone got any prizes. There were 2 3 of a kinds(1 and 3), a Large straight(5) and 4 Nothings.

## Episode Appearances

### Format 1

* Season 1 Episode 2 (Debut)
* Season 1 Episode 3
* Season 1 Episode 4
* Season 1 Episode 5
* Season 1 Episode 6
* Season 1 Episode 10
* Season 1 Episode 11
* Season 1 Episode 22
* Season 1 Episode 23
* Season 2 Episode 8
* Season 2 Episode 9
* Season 2 Episode 10
* Season 2 Episode 17
* Season 2 Episode 18
* Season 2 Episode 19
* Season 2 Episode 20
* Season 2 Episode 21
* Season 2 Episode 22

### Format 2

* Season 3 Episode 1 (Orange) (3 of a kind)
* Season 3 Episode 4 (Orange) (3 of a kind)
* Season 3 Episode 5 (Yellow) (Large Straight)
* Season 3 Episode 6 (Orange) (Nothing)
* Season 3 Episode 13 (Red) (Nothing)
* Season 3 Episode 14 (Red) (Nothing)
* Season 3 Episode 15 (Blue) (Nothing)

## Notes:

* If both families had 0 rounds won, the game went to a roll off.
* If a Yahtzee was ever rolled during the first 2 seasons that family would win a 32 inch HDTV, which only happened once on the show in Season 2 Episode 22.
* This game was replaced in the last two seasons by regular Yahtzee.

See Formats for more info on this game.

## Trivia

* No Green Shirt Players Played This Game in Season 3