how's it going dudes hel aam out here
I'm moving around pretty often and to
prevent boredom I need to find a game
that is both single player and portable
you know something that can be played
pretty much anywhere at the park in a
bar or on a yacht
see Yi is what I would describe as a
background game most people wouldn't
actively base a night around it but
chances are that you know somebody who
owns a copy somewhere don't sleep on the
background games though as they tend to
be some of the highest sellers on the
market and yatsi is no different but
even background games will need to
innovate in order to stay relevant so
let's jump into the weird world of yatsi
many attempts to break into your
household and see just how wacky we can
get along the way we can break up the
yatsi editions using the same categories
that we did with Monopoly themed
editions and revamped editions the
themed editions are the most fun of
course being just standard versions of
the game with that one guy SL thing
slapped on it so that fans of the series
lose their gosh dang Minds over it but
yatsi faces a unique problem in this
area as since the entire game is made up
of just cup Dice and paper there is very
little room for error when crafting a
tiean the cup is especially important as
it has the greatest opportunity to
inject the game with personality so
screwing it up like they did with the
Ghostbusters Edition could really put a
damper on the whole game Slimer a
memorable character the franchise's
goofy mascot and in the yatsi version a
creature of unimaginable Terror he looks
like he got his face smashed in by a
frying pan I mean the dice look great
they've got this transparent green look
with memorable equipment on it but this
is what I mean by the cup makes the
version because what are you going to do
with this put it on the mantle as a
conversation starter the only thing
you'll get is what's the matter with you
luckily fumbles like these are pretty
rare as instead of going for these scary
look most of the time yatsi themed
editions are all competing to try to
break the record for goofiest looking
Cup on the market The Muppets
collector's edition featuring your very
own decapitated Kermit the Frog the dce
feature some of your favorite Muppets
characters and while it would be cool to
roll the dice out of Kermit's mouth you
have to do it out of his neck hole
Instead This brings up an interesting
issue with these character cups as while
kerm does look great his odd head shape
practically guarantees that you won't be
able to get a clean roll out of it but
with the easiest cup idea being notable
characters head plenty of other
well-known figures have been French
Revolution For Your Entertainment
including Oogie Boogie the shark from
Jaws Ultron and does Pac-Man count how
do you even execute a Pac-Man out of
these four Pac-Man takes the best dice
award being the only one with images on
it although Oogie Boogie does have a
cool design on his each of these cups
come with their own quirks Oogie Boogie
and Pac-Man will both benefit from the
wide bottom to to roll although the man
will be a little harder to hold ultron's
well- defined chin can cause a bunch of
issues as dice will often get stuck in
there on rolls on top of how Ultron just
looks really sad to be here for some
reason and the Jaws one just makes me
mad great design on the box and you'd
think with that big open mouth you'd
roll the dice out of there yeah no
you're meant to unscrew his neck hole
and roll out of there because the mouth
isn't deep enough to Shake the Dice well
that one's on me why would I expect a
shark to eat something my bad guys of
course you don't have to mutilate a fan
favorite character to have them be the
cup as the My Little Pony Borderlands
and M&M's editions proof upon further
review they're telling me that this is
just a standard peanut &m so misplaced
game that's a 5 view penalty and a loss
of down these ones are pretty fun some
people might be turned away by the
Simplicity of the Eminem but I'm just
glad it's a fun shape and functions as a
cup being edible would be cool too but
that would impact the game's
replayability so I can see why they left
that out the Borderlands Edition is
really cool the clap trap cup is so high
quality that I originally thought it was
just a statue but no the top opens for
smooth dice rolling action probably the
best one we've seen so far and the My
Little Pony Edition comes with a jar
prooof Rainbow Dash design that could
cause an issue with rolling but would
make great decor for fans of the show
with how many of these games suffer with
dice rolling issues from their design
some of the games instead go for
function over fashion with their cups
while still trying trying to add some
flare versions like Back to the Future
Donkey Kong A Christmas Story and Dragon
Ball Z all feature cups that guarantee a
smooth dice rolling experience while
still tying into their properties the
Donkey Kong version of course bringing
out the iconic Barrel design with
characters from country on the dice the
A Christmas Story version lets you roll
your dice out of the fragile box while
the Dragon Ball Z version let you roll
right out of the fourstar ball this one
is a strange e it's more rolling out of
a bowl than a cup and with it being
slightly transparent you will be able to
see all of the components inside it if
you store them in there the one that
does not have that issue though is the
Back to the Future one which was
basically made to be displayed as the
flux capacitor cup that you use to play
can also light up I really like their
decision on the cup design there are
more big money parts from the movies
that they could use but Back to the
Future fans likely already have the car
or the characters so a lightup flux
capacitor could be a missing piece that
some fans would love to have and we have
now reached the point of the themed
editions where any and all semblance of
Reason has been thrown out the window
how this sub segment will work is I will
give you what show or brand the version
is for and you will need to try to guess
what they based the cup off of if you
can get even two of them you WI a sense
of Pride and accomplishment we'll start
off with an easy one Family Guy there's
a lot to choose from here maybe a Peter
Griffin head maybe a Stewie time machine
the drunk drunken Clam Bar the Griffin
house nope we've got the hinden Peter
brother this isn't even the best Peter
vehicle I mean it functions great as a
cup but like why next up we've got the
hit television program Glee I'm sure
there are a bunch of memorable
characters maybe a school bus a trophy I
don't watch the show do they have Glee
contests incorrect the official Glee
yatsi version uses an overflowing blue
slushie with Glee written on the cup
Glee fans please let me know if this has
any lore significance at all as to the
common man it looks like just another
example if you can't spell Glee Without
l a more Niche one here it's Firefly the
space show with a fan base in constant
pain I'm more surprised that this one
even got a version at all nevertheless
the Firefly yatsi Edition lets you use
the entire gosh dang ship as your cup
discarding the entire back portion here
to use what I find funny is the very
first line of the official product
description is just there's no
cancelling this game years later and
they still won't let the fans wounds
heal poor guys and finally yatsi Harley
Davidson this one's tricky would it be a
motorcycle a wheel the logo what would
you use from the Harley-Davidson brand
that would work as a cup well you missed
the most obvious answer a beer can with
the Harley-Davidson logo slapped on it
of course now while I was looking
through each of these bad boys I began
to notice some similarities between
copies similar dice structure similar
head shape similar branding Styles the
pattern recognition alarm was going wee
woo we woo so after looking into these a
little closer I found out that every
single one of these yis was made by the
same company USA opol also known as the
op on top of that not a single one of
those games are even on the market
anymore so seeing as they basically hold
a monopoly over the themed yatsi
editions I'm wanted to see some of the
new stuff that they had been coming out
with needless to say one thing led to
another and they ended up actually
sending me a bunch of the newer yatsi
versions and if you thought that they
might have calmed down over the years
I'm here to tell you that I am now the
proud owner of Sriracha hot chili sauce
yatsi go ahead and check that one off
your cam sandwich bingo card I got a
bunch of these things so to keep it
short I'll be highlighting some of my
favorites and one that I am unbelievably
angry at yatsi National Parks pretty
standard edition here with the national
park theming what's cool about this one
though is that it's a travel Edition The
Score Pad is designed to be smaller than
normal and the top of the cup can
actually double as a small tray meaning
that you could reasonably play this in a
car on a road trip to past the time
yatsi Naruto shipuden have I seen the
show not a single episode but if I
remember right this swing is important
for some reason this version isn't
perfect the dice feature a lot of Golds
and yellows that can make it hard to see
what symbol it is so you'll be going off
of the small numbers a lot now that
that's out of the way this bowl is quite
literally perfect in every way instead
of shaking the cup like normal you stir
this one before you roll making it like
you're actually cooking something which
will probably upset some yatsi purists
but I think just feels fantastic plus if
your friend drops a Dye while stirring
it you can shame them for being a bad
cook which adds more stress and fun to
the roles and my two favorite versions
by far the de devastating onew combo of
Sriracha hot chili sauce yatsi and cup
noodles yatsi now you may see yourself
asking why when the correct question to
ask is huh you are looking live at
official versions of Yi based around a
cup of microwavable noodles and a bottle
of hot sauce if your immediate reaction
is not along the lines
of I need you to have a friend go check
your pulse because you might have died
and I cannot trust your judgment as soon
as I saw this I fell right in love with
it we need more games like these out
there something that is a good gift for
exactly one person and that person is me
now that I've spent the last however
many minutes being moderately happy we
need to balance that off with some
unyielding rage see I was really excited
about one particular version that got
sent my way the windnesday version I've
never seen the show so for all I know
this is about the day of the week but
what got me excited excited is that this
is the only version where you can't see
the components inside of the box and
with that custom coffin box looking as
awesome as it does you know there's
about to be some Stellar stuff in here
especially with whatever they choose to
make the cup so without reading the fine
print on the back of the box I open this
bad boy up in front of my friends and
behold the no cup that is included in
the Wednesday
version this is the only Edition on the
site that does not come with a cup
meaning they either expect you to roll
the dice right out of the box
or with your hands I'm sure I'd be less
angry at this if the other versions
weren't home runs and to be fair the
dice are cool but having a yatsi version
without a cup really reminds you that
you can play this game at home with any
standard set of dice if you want to and
that point is where we move into the
revamped editions and the unique
challenges faced by that group you see
making a re vamped version of Monopoly
has a lot of opportunity behind it you
can change how some spaces work you can
add new mechanics you can alter the wind
condition there are a ton of different
things that you can do while still
keeping the core of Monopoly intact but
for yatsi there are really only two
mechanics roll dice and save the ones
you like so how do you revamp a game so
simple without altering the core
gameplay into something completely
different this is the question that
Milton Bradley tried to answer multiple
times two varying degrees of success so
let's start off our second group of
these Bad Boys with The Logical next
step after regular single
yatsi did we uh skip a step somewhere
triple yatsi this 1972 title went for
the simplest revamp idea of the regular
game but more triple yon's main shtick
is that you are playing three games of
Yony at the same time with three columns
for each scoring section that you can
put rolles into but on top of that the
second and third Colum BS have an added
bonus as scores put in there are worth
double and triple points respectively
this is showcased even more in the yatsi
column as you'd think if you roll a
yatsi that's going straight into the
triple column for a crisp 150 hot dog
but if you're feeling lucky you could
put the score in the single column to
unlock the ability to win chips and with
these each additional yatsi will get
points added on top of them your second
yatsi earning you 200 and the third
yatsi earning you 350 if you can pull it
off this is the most simple revamp you
can make to the game just making you
play more of it but the added
multipliers do shake up the game pretty
well for a new experience if you're
willing to sit through three full games
worth of dice rolling for it love
rolling dice but scared of numbers we've
got you covered with word yatsi this
1978 title has players roll seven dice
that feature various letters and you
must select which dice to keep and which
to roll again to make the highest
scoring words each letter has its own
own value like in Scrabble so when
filling out your score sheet with three
four five letter words your creativity
and literacy will decide if you can make
a word that can get a big score
devastating blow to my illiterates out
there we'll get them next time the score
card also comes with the specialty
scoring sections like making three words
out of seven letters rolling all
consonants or all vowels and the yatsi
of this game being able to make a seven
letter word one of which of course being
the titular one pretty stellar revamp
here you have the pure yatsi gameplay
Loop but with new elements that force
you to approach it differently to the
original but this is where we reach the
end of the simple revamps as you can
only do so much to a mostly singleplayer
game like this before you straight run
out of ideas new from Yi we added an
extra die by it so Milton Bradley put
their nose to the Limestone and got to
work and after seeing how much fun
people were having competing to score
higher than their friends they began to
release their very own line of
competitive yatsi titles each one being
more complicated and funny looking than
the last challenge yatsi featuring
everyone's favorite onscreen Duo Tony
Randall and Jack kugman I'm more of an
Andy Griffith and Don knots guy myself
challenge Yi sees players compete to get
the highest score by outthinking their
opponents in the way they play the roles
how this game works is each player gets
their own set of white dice to mark
their saves and one player will roll the
red dice set in the middle of the tray
based on the red numbers rolled each
player will Mark which numbers they
would like to save with their dice in
their section this Loop continues until
a full game is finished and whoever has
the highest score at the end is the
winner I love that despite the game
being mostly luck they constantly
reinforce the fact that you need to
outthink out strategize and outsmart
your opponent to win it creates this
environment that the winner will be the
one who can read the dice and predict
the future and makes winning feel way
better the rules can be very confusing
on first read as the rounds take a
tiered rooll structure but once you
figure it out it is actually pretty
simple hard to learn easy to play just
like uker I can see this one being a
solid time a lot of stress can come from
needing the right die roll to prove you
are smarter than your friend so as the
game goes on the reactions will be
getting louder and louder ever wanted to
play yatsi as a standard board game what
do you mean no of course you do
here critising Showdown yatsi the first
yatsi board game with all the hot yatsi
action hey that sack of crap stole my
line Showdown yatsi also known as casino
yatsi to the Dutch challenge yatsi to
the British and just straight up yatsi
in Spanish good I'd hate for us to get
confused Showdown yatsi has players get
in on the hot yatsi action by moving
around the board trying to claim squares
by Rolling different dice combos for
instance if you land on an open space
and then roll a total of three sixes you
can place the six's card on that square
to claim it if someone else lands on
that square or a wild they can either
try to match or beat your score to steal
that Square from you but we'll need to
do it on just sixes a four of aind on
fives won't steal the six's card ysis
will allow you to take any card or space
and the game ends once all the spaces
are claimed and The Showdown round ends
yatsi was not designed to be a board
game so as you can imagine morphing it
into this format is going to result in
some Jank the most exciting part of the
game is going to be The Showdown round
for sure once all the spaces are claimed
each player gets one more turn to try to
move and steal and that turn does not
end until you fail to steal a space so
if you've saved all your luck until the
end you could go on a California
shopping spree snatching up all kinds of
spaces to massively change the score
structure right at the end that or
everybody just fails on their first try
and the game just ends but hey that's
yatsi you never know in terms of a
standard board game it's pretty mid but
in terms of a yatsi board game I don't
know how I'd change this to make it
better I think they did the best they
could sometimes you just get stuck with
a bad roll so fill out that chance space
and let's hope for a four of a kind here
jackpot yatsi
gambling
no jackpot Yi sees players compete to
drop tiles into their rack to score
points players roll the four dice and if
any symbols match they can drop a tile
of that symbol into their rack players
score points for three four or five in a
row with more points being awarded for
rarer symbols the player with the most
most points when all the racks are
filled wins this is a sort of combo of
Connect 4 and a Zool requiring a lot of
both planning and luck to prevent you
from screwing yourself over the dollar
sign is the most valuable symbol but it
is also the most rare on the dice so
each person is going to have a different
way that they will approach this risk
reward scenario but there's an issue
here if you've been paying attention
you've noticed we've been straying
further and further from the standard
yatsi gameplay and with this one we
we've hit the point of no return other
than rolling dice out of a cup which for
some reason here looks like a jar of
peanut butter this game has nothing to
do with yatsi at all unfortunately this
trend would continue and once Hasbro
took control they would release the
least yatsi yatsi of all time yatsi
Texas holdam
gambling yes all right yatsi Texas
holdam sees players play exactly zero
yatsi anyway in this entire game dice
take the place of poker cards with each
color representing a different suit
players draw and roll two dice out of
the bag secretly for their hand then
more dice are drawn and rolled for the
Flop turn and River Whoever has the best
poker hand wins the round whoever wins
all the money wins the game where is the
yatsi here is it the dice no you can't
save or roll those there's a cup ah the
cup was the most important part of theme
editions because you're just playing
standard yatsi when dealing with revamps
the most important part is the game play
and how it relates to the original of
which here there is no relation now you
can get five of a kind for a kind of
yatsi but at that point you're getting
it off of seven dice so it means way
less this is Dice Texas hold them and
nothing else but to be fair it does work
well as that so if your buddies want to
toss some money in and run around you
could get some fun out of it just be
very careful with who you are playing
with and how much you are playing for as
there is one rule in this game that can
cause a huge stink for those with skin
in the game you see dice Texas Holdem
follows the same betting structure the
same hand style and the same card win
chart but replacing the royal flush as
the most powerful card combo in the game
is the yatsi flush achieved by matching
five of the same numbers all of the same
color dice realistically this is just as
likely to happen as a straight flush in
dice hold them since that also requires
five specific numbers of the same dice
color but while the straight flush will
pretty much always win you the round the
YY flush carries the added effect of
instantly winning you the entire game do
not play this game with real money
remember that the amount bet here does
not matter as the game is over so if
your buddy is down to his last dollar
and YSI flushes everyone's money into
into his pocket I've just got to say
people have killed for less but now to
our final revamped yatsi edition let's
go back to 1986 when Milton Bradley was
still in control and look at their
crowning achievement Casino yatsi ah the
Dutch strike again you can't give him an
inch Casino yatsi carries exactly none
of the hot yatsi action nor resembles
any game that I've seen played in a
casino that makes this a double lie
which as we know makes them cancel each
other out and brings us right back to a
solid yatsi version how Casino yatsi
works is players will compete to fill
out lines on their board before their
opponents can to score points players do
this by Rolling the numbers on the five
dice to cover the circle sections and
can roll the dice however they want like
rolling one die five times one die three
times and another twice or each die once
once a player completes a row that row
is covered by a white Mark and no other
player can score off of that row so you
need to be quick on your claims or you
could r being locked out the game ends
once all the roads have been claimed and
the player with the highest score wins
you need to be aware of what spaces your
opponents have and which rows they are
going for these things will be flying
off the board so if you aren't paying
attention and are wasting rolls on a row
that someone else pretty much has locked
down you are going to be left behind
fast there is another way to score
though by declaring a bonus roll you
roll all five of The Dice and if none of
the numbers match match you score the
added total of all the numbers you
rolled double if it's a straight
unfortunately this is more of a playing
for second option as it's unlikely
you'll be able to consistently score
this way this does look like it would be
a solid risk reward game that would put
you at odds with your friends which we
all know is the best way to have a good
night and on top of that is probably the
only place you'll be able to get an
official 5 to 10 die anywhere but look
at my sweet boy he left for college and
came back unrecognizable in a addicted
to gambling I've never related to a
brand harder with the last yatsi roll it
is time to leave this Wacky World of
dice and anger and with our journey now
behind us we look back in remembrance to
the lessons we have learned along the
way while Innovation can breed new and
interesting ideas sometimes it is best
to stick with those Traditions that
helped us get to where we are now and I
got to say if it gets us more of this
then I'm all for it siging off for a
tasty treat I am cam sandwich thank you
for watching and have a fantastic
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