top of page

Everybody Rummikub!

Thu, Nov 14

|

Ojai

Interested in a slightly different game to play? If you know what the card game gin rummy is all about, you are halfway to understanding Rummikub.

Everybody Rummikub!
Everybody Rummikub!

Time & Location

Nov 14, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Ojai, 530 W El Roblar Dr, Ojai, CA 93023, USA

About the event

Dave Wertlieb and Louise are introducing a new game at JCO! RUMMIKUB!!

For those who have never played, it’s a tile version of gin rummy. Instead of 4 suits, there are 4 colors, and numbers 1-13 replace aces through kings, The object of the game is to lay out melds of at least 3 tiles: sets of the same number but different colors, or runs of the same color.


Dave & Louise have invented a variation of the original rules, making it more fun, more challenging, and better brain food.


Game sets will be provided. Limited to 8 players (if there’s more interest, more sets will be bought).


A History of Rummikub

Ephraim Hertzano, a Romanian Jew, had the idea for the game when card-playing was outlawed under the Communist regime in Romania.  Hertzano envisioned a game that would use small tiles instead of cards and had no ties to…


Share this event

bottom of page