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2012 Ranked #13,472

Yay!

Dice-placement game has players roll onto a grid, claim cells, and occupy the most spaces when rows fill. Rerolling demands a higher total and can erase a claimed cell, turning luck into a calculated risk.

Dice Push Your Luck Dice Rolling Mechanism: Roll-and-Write

Players

2-4

Play time

15-45 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.09/5

Rating

6.20

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

In Yay! you have to roll three dice on a 8x8 grid.

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In Yay! you have to roll three dice on a 8x8 grid. You can write the sum of the dice in either field the dice touch, provided your opponent has not added a higher number on a neighbouring field. If an opponent has entered a lower number on a neighbouring field you can cross that field out. You may reroll your dice if you are not satisfied with your result, but the sum of the following dice roll has to be higher than your previous one. If it isn't, you have to cross one of your fields out. The game ends, when one horizontal and one vertical row is filled out. The player with the most occupied fields wins.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
15–45 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.1/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Heinz Meister

Publishers

1
Noris Spiele

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