Talk:Rummikub
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[edit] To-do list
- Tie-breaking play after the first player is out.
- More manipulations?
- History
-- Ventura 05:40, 2005 Apr 24 (UTC)
[edit] Rules dispute
It would seem there's quite a large dispute regarding the rules of the game surrounding the joker tiles. Older rules did not allow melds containing jokers to be manipulated beyond adding tiles to them, while newer rules do allow joker melds to be split and tiles to be removed from them. I have also encountered a group of people that allow the value and colour of a played joker tile to be changed by moving it between melds without requiring it to be freed with the relevant tile.
Some rules also allow jokers to be claimed with tiles that have already been melded, while stricter rules specify that the joker tile must come from your hand. The Extremist 23:28, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
- To add my bit here, House rules for us dictate a fairly strict layout for tiles. Runs aligned by number going one direction and the sets in ascending numerical order above the runs. Our rule for the joker is that once played it is glued to the table until it is "bought." This effectively means that if a joker is played as a red 7 in a run, it must remain a red 7 in a run until exchanged for an actual red 7 from a players hand. Jfmiller28 03:38, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Manipulation of played tiles
With the exception of the joker rules talked about above I believe the following would be a better description for melding. There can be some very complex changes made by "playing up" runs in to sets or "running out" sets into runs.
- During a players turn tiles my be rearranged in any way which does all of the following:
- Leaves all played tiles in play and adds at least one additional one from the players hand.
- Leaves all tiles in valid runs or sets that contain at least three tiles
Then included the current description as examples.
Jfmiller28 03:38, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pronunciation?
I've always pronounced the name of this game Rummy-Cube, as in Rummy, but with cubes (I know, not quite.) Are my family the only people who pronounce it this way? Mucket 01:53, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
- While I can't speak for every family on the planet that enjoy the timeless Rummikub, I know that my girlfriend's family, my best friend's family and my family pronounce it Rummy-Kuhb (or Rummy-Cub, I never did pay attention in phonetics). Score is at 4:1 :P --The Extremist 08:20, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
