I have to admit, Yahtzee and Pringles together make a ridiculous amount of sense. One involves rolling dice and hoping everything comes together, while the other involves opening a can and telling yourself you’re only going to have a few. We all know how that usually ends.
Yahtzee: Pringles gives the classic dice game a full Pringles makeover. The game comes with custom dice decorated with Mr. P emojis, while the dice cup is shaped like a Pringles can. So yes, you are actually shaking a Pringles can before rolling your dice, which is a pretty great way to start game night.
The gameplay stays familiar, and I think that’s exactly the right move. You roll, build combinations, fill in the traditional Yahtzee categories and hope those five-of-a-kind dice decide to show up when you need them most. Nobody needs a new rulebook here. They took a game we already know and gave it a snack-food personality.
There is also a fun bit of history behind Yahtzee. The game was invented by a Canadian couple who played it with friends on their yacht before Edwin S. Lowe brought it to the public in 1956. Lowe helped turn it into a hit by getting people together to play the game and spread the word. Not a bad way to build a classic.
Pringles has its own strange history, and this is where I get to bring in one of my favorite Pringles stories. Fredric J. Baur helped develop the famous container and the system for stacking those perfectly shaped crisps inside it. When Baur died in 2008, his family honored his wishes by putting some of his ashes in a Pringles can.
Baur worked on the Pringles concept for Procter & Gamble, while Alexander Liepa later worked on improving the taste. The distinctive saddle shape became one of the most recognizable designs in the snack aisle, and it even has a mathematical name: hyperbolic paraboloid. That seems like an awful lot of science just to make sure your Pringles stack nicely.
That history makes this collaboration even more fun to me. Yahtzee started with a yacht, Pringles spent years figuring out how to make a better-shaped crisp, and now somebody has decided the logical next step is to put dice in a Pringles can. I honestly love it.
The Op’s CEO Dane Chapin says bringing Yahtzee and Pringles together is a way to introduce the classic game to a new generation, while Mars Snacking’s David Lee sees it as another opportunity to get people together without a screen. Grab the game, grab some Pringles and you’ve got a pretty simple recipe for a night around the table.
The packaging is a big part of the appeal too. Like The Op’s other food collaborations, including Yahtzee: KFC and Yahtzee: Cup Noodles, the Pringles can is part of what makes the game stand out. This is the sort of thing that could end up sitting on your board game shelf simply because it looks cool, even when nobody is rolling the dice.
It is designed for one or more players, so you can bring it out for family, friends or a solo game when you have a serious Pringles craving and nowhere else to be. The Mr. P details and custom dice give the whole thing enough personality that it feels like more than a logo stuck on a familiar game.
A game that started on a yacht, a snack that took years to perfect and a Pringles can full of dice. I don’t know how you look at that and not want to play. Shake, score and shout! YAHTZEE!
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