Put yourself in this position, paint yourself a little brain picture; you've just discovered Yahtzee. A marvellous discovery for any person at any point in their life. You fall in love. It's simply the greatest discovery you've ever made. You're annoyed that it's taken you all these years to find such a legendarily awesome game. It's understandable, it's a deeply loveable sport (yes, sport). Naturally, you're enthusiastic with your new obsession and you can't wait to share it with those you love. But as it turns out, those that you love couldn't be less interested with playing or even hearing about Yahtzee. You try and you try, but eventually you start to sound like a reasonable human being trying to convince a Christian that evolution is true, and you realise you're just banging your head against a brick wall. Unfortunate, I know. Now you find yourself in a bit of a predicament; you're ready play but you have nobody to play with! God, that reminds me so much of my horny teenage years...
So what can you do about that (the Yahtzee bit, I still have no advice for the other bit)? Well, it turns out there is plenty of things you can do, you lucky thing! First off, if you're not the shy type, get yourself out there. Talk to people. Put that silver tongue of yours to some other use rather than just using it get yourself some down and dirty time for the evening. I'm not suggesting you approach some random stranger like a maniac and ask them for a game, no that would not be the best way to handle it. But there's nothing wrong with just having a conversation with people in a social situation, and if the moment seems right, just mention it, or at least just ask them what they think about Yahtzee. There's nowt to be scared of, you'll either get a yes or a no. I have done this myself (and I am a notoriously anxious person). But in the interest of clarity, I have never done this sober. It usually takes a good few beers before I get "friendly" enough to speak to strangers, thanks mum. But, in my case, I was never after a match, I was always trying to get members for the BHO. But the principal is the same. Strike up a conversation then maybe suggest an online match. If it's going REALLY well, whip your dice out... but JUST your dice! I've also made that mistake. The worst you can come away with is a good conversation with a pleasant stranger. DON'T BE AFRAID. 99% of people aren't going to bite! So go on, get yourself out there. It'll do you good.
Secondly, get on the good old 'tinternet (come on, admit it, you use it way too much anyway) and look for pubs or boardgame shops that host their own games nights. They are more common than you would think. Some venues have themes for their games, such as a Pokemon night or Magic: The Gathering night, so I wouldn't bother rocking up to one of them with your dice board as you will no doubt be leaving disappointed, but if you like those games also, go for it and have some good old fashioned fun, who knows, they could like Yahtzee too. But anyway, there are lots of "bring a game" evenings out there for you to choose from. They're great places to meet new people, play new games and get people interested in your own.
Thirdly, get yourself back on the old worldwide web (there is more than just porn on there... I know, I was shocked too) and look for designated Yahtzee groups in your area. A word of warning though, these can be very hard to come by but it never hurts to look! The internet, however, does have plenty of online sites where you can play Yahtzee with people from all over the world. Players in countries that I can't even pronounce! Is it as good as playing Yahtzee with real dice with another person sat across from you? Well, no, but it can be a fine substitute if you're struggling for dice based company. I know I was struggling for company when I first found Yahtzee. I'm much better at making Yahtzee sound exciting these days, but trust me, when someone asks waht Yahtzee is, please don't say that it's just rolling dice. I learned the hard way and it set me back a good few years. So much so that I actually forgot about it myself for a while because I had no one to play with. I had no idea about all this stuff I'm telling you about right now. I was, and possibly still am, a simpleton.
Finally, and you knew it was coming, the best place to go for all your Yahtzee requirements is none other than the good old BHO Yahtzee Organisation. Our organisation was created precisely because I couldn't find any other Yahtzee clubs anywhere near me, so I got my finger out of my arse and I created the BHO. It's a one stop shop for all things Yahtzee! We play various tournaments and we also play online matches. We're an extremely friendly bunch of people (if you can tolerate dry British wit, sarcasm and friendly insults). We (me) hope to take the BHO on the road and play at the gaming events I've mentioned earlier, but, as I also mentioned earlier, I'm a pretty anxious dude, so we're not quite there yet, but it's coming! Hopefully. I've kept the self promotion down to a minimum because that really isn't the point of this post. Like I said, I pretty much forgot about Yahtzee because I had no opponents. I don't want that to happen to anyone else! That's an international tragedy, by God!
But seriously, believe me, the BHO is not the sole reason for this post, but it is the only group online dedicated to Yahtzee, as far as I could find (if you find another group, feel free to let me know about them, honestly, we could do great things together. UNITED WE STAND and all that...). The real reason for this post is to let you lovely people know that there is always somewhere you can get a good game of Yahtzee, even if those around you couldn't give a toss about it. But even so, don't give up on them. They can't stay ignorant forever, they'll come around. Much like my family did. After all, who could deny themselves of such a fine sport forever (yes, sport)?
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