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1977
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Description
Rummikub is similar to several central European card games which are played with two decks of playing cards, including Machiavelli and Vatikan. Ephraim Hertzano invented the tile game Rummikub in the 1940s when card-playing was outlawed under the Communist regime. After World War II, Hertzano immigrated to British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel) and developed the first sets with his family. Over the years, the Hertzano family licensed it to other countries and Rummikub became Israel's best-selling export game.
Hertzano's Official Rummikub Book, published in 1978, describes three different versions of the game: American, Sabra, and International. Modern Rummikub sets include only the Sabra version rules, with no mention of the others, and there are variations in the rules between publishers.
In Turkey, the game is known as Okey and is widely played by families at gatherings or at local cafes.
Like Rummy that you play with cards, you try to get rid of all your tiles by forming numbers into runs of 3 tiles or more, or 3 to 4 of a kind. The colors of the numbers on the tiles are like card suits. This game may start rather uneventfully, but when the players start putting more and more tiles in play, the options for your upcoming turns can become more complex, challenging, and exciting (from areyougame.com).
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Watch It Played Discussion at 10:14 sentiment: positive
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Set Collection — A mass market game where you're putting sets out, described as basically Rummy the card game, the board game.
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- The first question I have for you this month is how do you feel comfortable buying a game on Kickstarter if you haven't played it?
- It seems like a gamble. Kickstarter is a lot less like a shop front or a storefront going to a board game shop and buying a game and much more like investing in an idea.
- My golden rule for Kickstarter is I wouldn't back any game that did not have a copy of the rules PDF available for you to read through.
- Long flight coming up? What are the best roll and right games small enough to fit on an airplane trade table?
- How long is too long to allow a retcon in a game?
- If you could only play mass market games, what games would you play?
- IP or no IP?
- I don't really love IPs on games but like everybody in the world if it's the IP that I really like I'm also much more interested in playing a game if it's got an IP that I like.
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Gaming with Edo & Jessica Review at 0:09 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- Simple to teach and play
- Fast gameplay
- Good for a half-hour play session
Cons
- Likely not for hobby gamers
- Can't move already placed cards
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Gin Rummy
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Hand Management — It's like you have a hand of seven cards and you're trying to get straights in suits like in Gin Rummy.
- Set Collection — You're trying to order them from lowest to highest in sequence.
- Take That — You're going to either take the discard card at the top or one from the deck. If you take the discard from the top, you have to swap it.
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- It's fast and fun but you're gonna fill up your racko your rack with Racko cards.
- It has that feel of Gin Rummy when you're like, 'Oh, should I like get rid of the three to put this down and maybe I'll get another one?'
- It's super simple and and once you get playing and you've played enough times it's really like pick up drop pick up drop pick up drop pick up drop.
- You teach it in five seconds, you play it, it'll kill a half hour pretty quick.
- I think most folks who are deep in the hobby these games don't work for them but it is what it is.
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Bower's Game Corner Top List at 16:47:04 sentiment: positive
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Pros
- Had a blast playing with my 9-year-old
- Good one for kids working on numbers
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- Number sequencing
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Putting cards in numerical order — it literally is just putting cards in numerical order
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- Ohoy there, YouTube. I'm back again for some more board game content.
- It is December 9th, 2025, and I'm going to go over 60 games under $30 right now on Amazon that I can recommend to you because I already know they're good to great.
- This game is incredibly difficult, that's why it's down here. It feels borderline impossible.
- People are gonna be yelling at each other and you're gonna be really stumped, but in a good way.
- This is Forbidden Island. This is a fantastic familyweight cooperative game. It's a great gateway cooperative game.
- It comes in this big metal tin which most most of the time a lot of people aren't a fan of
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Board Stupid Analysis at 11:48
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- It's now at this point the most prestigious board games award in the world.
- There is no public influence and there is no industry influence either because they just journalists they don't take review copies they don't take payment.
- You can only have the award logo on your box for three years.
- The rules have to be clear, they have to be concise, there can't be any weird ambiguities.
- It's independent as it can be, that's really cool.
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