Rummikub

Rummikub was developed by a dude called ‘Ephraim Hertzano’ in the early thirties. Initially the rummikub sets were hand made in Hertzano’s backyard, by his immediate family. It was sold door to door in the early fifties; small shops had to be convinced to sell the game. This resulted in a slow but steady growth in the popularity of rummikub. Today Rummikub is the third best selling game in the world. It is sold in 52 countries and is printed in ...
...THE GAME. The object of rummikub is to be the first player to shout out ‘rummikub’; by using up all of there tiles in runs or groups or by having the highest score at the end. SET-UP. Place the tiles on the table and mix up well. Each player draws a tile; the highest tile determines who plays first (play continues clockwise). The tiles are then returned and mixed up; Each player then takes 14 tiles and places them on their rack. The remaining ...

L0BSTER_QUADRILLE 11.10.2004 · Read full review
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...all about? HISTORY Rummikub pronounced Rummy-cube was invented in the 1940's by a Romanian inventor called Ephraim Hertzano. He wanted a game that he could play with all his family, as cards were not allowed in Romania at that time, so Ephraim dreamed up this addictive game trying to keep it as close to a card game as possible. He made the tiles out of recycled Perspex airplane cockpit canopies, as this was cheaper than plastic. He then introduced ...
...he had managed to make Rummikub into a worldwide game sold in 48 countries and printed in 24 different languages, not bad for a game made in a small workshop! CONTENTS The game consists of 106 tiles numbered 1-13 in four different colours and two sets of each colour, blue, red black and yellow you also have two jokers. The tiles are cream in colour and rectangle in shape. They are quite sturdy and measure 3.75 cm x 2.75cm they feel quite nice and ...

lisa8871 26.09.2008 · Read full review
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...banned by some religions but Rummikub is considered to be OK because there are no images of kings and queens only numbered tiles. It was developed by Ephraim Hertzano in the early 1930’s. *The Game* It is a tile Rummy game which is played world wide. The object of the game is to dispose all of the tiles in your rack, and gain a high score. It is based on a card game, where the cards are drawn from a pile and laid down in sequences or triples. ...
...smooth to touch! The name Rummikub is imprinted on the lower part of the tile and on the reverse a smiley face is imprinted and the Rummikub name both above and below it. The tiles are numbered from 1 to 13, with two sets in each colour. I would have liked to have had a bag to keep the tiles in! Not that I’m a really tidy person, but it keeps them safe in case the box gets knocked over, and so I made a large brightly coloured bag, which we pass ...

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...round off the evening well. Rummikub is a good game for this, particularly if you like playing cards but want an alternative. Rummikub is a cross between the traditional card game rummy and tile games such as Mahjong. It is a game for between two and four players and is suitable for the age of eight upwards. Before starting the game you have to make sure that all 106 tiles are face down on the table. These tiles are made uo of the numbers one to ...
...that there is an actual rummikub website - www.rummikub.com - where you can find lots of background information about Rummikub and also see the range of games that there are. The game I am talking about is the original classic number game but there are also rummikub word and dice games as well as travel versions. Apparently there are also worldwide rummikub championships! I didn't actually know this site existed but will definitely look at it in ...

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...had the travel version of Rummikub for a couple of years before discovering how to play. Somehow the instructions seemed complicated, and the tiles - two full sets of numbers from 1 to 13 in four colours - looked a bit dull. Then we learned to play at a friend's house. The rules are simple: each player takes 14 tiles, and tries to arrange them into sets of at least three tiles: runs (such as 4-5-6) in a single colour, or groups (eg three 7s) in different ...
...We have an ongoing Rummikub championship in our family, keeping a score tally for a year; rather than evening out, as would have happened in a game of pure chance, we found that one player tends to be the winner considerably more often than others. If you enjoy a relaxing evening with time to chat and something to focus on which requires some concentration, I can highly recommend Rummikub. If it's new to you, or to anyone else, it's best to play ...

Kukana 13.08.2003 (19.12.2003) · Read full review
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I was very surprised when out shopping for Christmas presents for my children to see this game in a toy shop as i thought that it wasn't made any more. I played this game all this time with my friend almost 20 years ago (I'm showing my age now). I would go down to her house where we would sit and play game after game. Needless to say that i loved it. So i was more than happy to buy this for my 12 year old son as one of his Christmas presents and ...
...games. So what do you get for your money: 104 tiles. The tiles are cream in colour with the numbers 1-13 on them in four different colours(black, yellow,blue and red). There are two sets of each colour. There is also two joker tiles these are different for the number tiles as the have faces on them one red face and one black face. You also get 4 racks one for each player to put your tiles on and a set of instructions. Object of the game: The ...

nona1661 05.04.2004 · Read full review
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Rummikub. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I bought this game for around about £11 in October 2007 from Tesco, and have not looked back since! It's available at around about the same price as when I bought it (slightly more at £14.97) and as games go, it's relatively cheap. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The game can be played officially by up to four players, but that is only because that corresponds ...
...could play with more, but you'd have to find some way to hide your tiles. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to Start The object of the game is to get rid of all of your "tiles". These tiles are number 1-13, in four different colours (red, blue, orange and black) making a total of 52 tiles. There are also two joker tiles, making that number up to 54. At the beginning of the game, all tiles are placed face down, and each ...

Eazy_Rider 08.02.2009 · Read full review
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I bought our Rummikub for £19.99, I think, about 18 months ago from WH Smith's. It's still regularly stocked there but you can get it cheaper elsewhere or even second hand from ebay. A quick search has it at £14.99 at Toys R Us, but out of stock at present (7/2/04). The game comes in a green box, approx 38cm by 24cm and is described as 'The Numbers Strategy Game That's Never The Same'. The manufacturers are Tomy. The box suggests 2 to 4 players, ...
...although I have played it with younger children but found they needed a bit of help. You don't need to be any good at maths to play this game!! The object of the game is to get rid of all your tiles. No two tiles are the same Each player starts with 14 tiles, chosen at random, and not shown to anyone else. The tiles are shaped a bit like dominoes but are only made up of a single number, written as a numeral. This can be from 1 to 13 and is either ...

Prof1 08.02.2004 · Read full review
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I was introduced to this game when I was 9 and on holiday with my parents. I have failed to find a better game since. The rules are simple and quick to learn, but the game can take forever, depending on how many players there are and who you are playing with. The great thing about it is that, although much depends on luck, given a half decent hand, there is often a way to put your numbers down by fiddling with numbers that have already been put down ...

markhiley 15.07.2000 · Read full review
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...~~~~~ The object of RUMMIKUB is to get rid of all your cards/tiles to win the round. But there is also a score that is kept and high score wins the game. So a player must be clever to win quickly, getting rid of all his cards and amassing his opponent's total leftover card points to boost his points. In a mixture of Gin Rummy + Dominoes, RUMMIKUB will hold your attention and make you want to play again and again. ~~~~~ The rules are easy to understand ...

emlin 21.06.2000 · Read full review
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This game is highly enjoyable, but also requires a lot of thought. The basic principles are that players have collections of tiles, numbered from 1 to 13 and in one of four colours. These tiles need to be placed on the table in groups of three or more tiles, either of runs of the same colour or groups of the same number but different colours. Tiles can be added to groups already on the table, or groups can be split up and recombined, just so long ...
...at the end of the player's go. It may sound simple enough, but once the game is well underway, with a large number of groups on the table, there is a lot of potential for rearranging the tiles. A dozen groups might be split or altered just so that a player can put down one piece. At this stage, trying to keep all the connections together can get very tricky. It's a great deal of fun, but can be frustrating when you're trying to do a complicated rearrangement ...

87degrees 23.12.2005 · Read full review
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I agree that Rummikub is a good game. What makes it interesting is that you can move melds around and plan your move instead of just waiting for your move. However, I discovered recently UNO-Rummi-up which combines all the interest of Rummikub with the speed and excitement of UNO. You get Reverse, Skip, take, and the wild cards of UNO in a tile game. The play is essentially the same as Rummikub but being able to force a player to pick up tiles or ...

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