Rummikub - The Game That Can Be Frustrating As Well As Fun!

We received our first Rummikub set many years ago from two of my husband's aunts - the same aunts who first introduced us to the game one evening that ended up being a very late night for us all!
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We called in on one of our aunts to discover that her sister was staying with her and they were about to play Rummikub which we hadn't heard of before.................. a few hours later and we've been beaten, but we've had a lot of fun (we've since discovered that both of them cheated, but we can forgive that as we've enjoyed many a night playing Rummikub since).

Rummikub is based on the card game called rummy, but instead of cards you play with tiles and you also start off with a much bigger hand! The next twist is that you have to make 30 the first time you lay down which can be quite frustrating if you have a low hand and everyone else is nearly out before you manage to lay down anything!

When we emigrated we left our Rummikub set (along with a number of other things) with my parents and we've since had plenty of nights enjoying the game with them and various aunts and uncles over the years and then along came out daughter. Our daughter is now 12 years old, but she still loves to play which is why we now have a set in our Australian home to play as well as enjoying playing whenever we're in New Zealand.

It's always great to play games as a family and when you're playing games like Rummikub it also helps your children think about strategy and helps their maths skills as well.   It can certainly get complicated to keep up with what's happening towards the end when people are trying to re-organize all of the 'sets' on the table in order to get out!

Highly recommended by every member of my family.

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