No stranger to licensing and merchandising campaigns, the Disney Company had been selling the rights to its characters to toy manufacturers since the late 1920s, when Disney first started making animated shorts. Seeking to expand its market, Milton Bradley developed a simplified version and coupled that with familiar Disney characters to make it more attractive to kids. The Milton Bradley Company later bought the game from him. Lowe, who had made his fortune earlier in the century marketing Bingo games. The game became such a hit among friends that the couple sold it to game entrepreneur Edwin S. Two wealthy Canadians developed the original game of Yahtzee in the 1950s in order to while away the long hours aboard their yacht. The more matching dice, the higher the score. Players toss the dice in the hope of rolling as many pictures of the same Disney characters as possible.
features five dice emblazoned with pictures of Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck, Pluto, Daisy, and Goofy. A modified version of the original game, Milton Bradley's simplified Yahtzee Jr. If you roll a Yahtzee after having already filled in the Yahtzee space, you get a 100 point bonus. Additional Yahtzees are worth 100 points. A Yahtzee is worth 50 points the first time, regardless of dice value. A Yahtzee occurs when all five dice are the same number. Who says Yahtzee's just for grownups? Not Mickey Mouse and his friends! They want to make sure everyone has a chance to enjoy this classic game of strategy and chance. A Yahtzee is one of the highest rolls you can score.
