Rummikub
1977
BGG Geek Rating
6.3
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BGG Average Rating
6.5
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BGG Ranking
#1756
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Players
2-4
Weight
1.71/5.00
Playtime
60 min
Age
8+
⚙️ Game Mechanics
How this game works - core systems and player actions
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🏢 Publishers
Clementoni
Selchow & Righter
Cadaco
Parker Brothers
Waddingtons
BGA Plus
TOMA Sp. z o.o.
Bookmark Verlag
Perner Produktions GmbH
놀이속의세상
Tomy
Aquamarine Games (COMPUDID)
Playtoy Industries
Masudaya Corp
Orangutan Games
Studio100
Shelbud Products Corp.
Sundry Products
Toy Club
Toy Place
Weico Produkte GmbH
Enigma (Bergsala Enigma)
Nordic Games ehf
Yangxin Industrial Company Limited
Kaissa Chess & Games
Dal Negro
Carlit
Pavilion
Otto Maier Verlag
Wood Expressions
Boardgame Space
Lemada Light Industries
MB Juegos
Schmidt International
John Adams (IDEAL)
Ideal
TM Toys
HEMA
Brio AB
Broadway Toys LTD
Jumbo
danspil
Western Publishing Company
Kärnan
Pressman Toy Corp.
Grow Jogos e Brinquedos
Kirjalito
Mar Lúdico
Peri Spiele
Espenlaub
Crown & Andrews Ltd.
Spin Master Ltd.
Arxon
Desyllas Games
Alga
Sterling Games
MB Jeux
Selecta Spel en Hobby
Schmidt Spiele
Falomir Juegos
Dujardin
Kod Kod
Noris Spiele
IRWIN Games
Fame Products
Casper
Spear's Games
Goliath Games
Cardinal
Joker
F.X. Schmid
Piatnik
University Games
Feelindigo
Lifestyle Boardgames Ltd
One Moment Games
Hasbro
Brain Games Germany
Coneways
Fortuna Games
Fotorama de México
Lamda Limited
Lastentuotetukku KY
Lifetime Educational Games
Hertzano Ltd.
(Unknown)
Tactic
Ravensburger
Fjarðarfell
CBS Electronics
Game Design
Hansa Toy Co.
Intelli
Kingstone International
Fun Connection
Korea Boardgames
📖 About This Game
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).