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Life & fun · December 31, 2025

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I built a portable Yahtzee device with custom PCB and WASM simulator

I made a pocketable electronic Yahtzee game with machined aluminum case, LED dice displays, and a custom PCB.

I built a portable Yahtzee device with custom PCB and WASM simulator launched on December 31, 2025 with 8 votes, #1,039 of 11,628 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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My wife loves Yahtzee , but the problem with Yahtzee is that, as most games involving rolling dice, it's particularly hard to play on the go and has been relegated to the dinner table. This year, I decided to remedy that and make her a more portable version of the game. The result is a pocketable device with a machined aluminum case, tactile buttons, LED dice displays, and a custom PCB running firmware I compiled to WASM for browser-based testing before the hardware even arrived. You can try the simulator yourself to see how it plays. The whole project took about 5 weeks from initial concept to assembled, working device. With this in mind, I knew I needed to keep a physical paper score pad:…from friggeri.net

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