Rummikub

Rummikub -‘Brings People Together’.

• Rummikub is also known as the Original Rummikub; Rummy-O; Rummy Cube; Rummy King; Rummy-Q; Tile Rummy; and Rummy Tile.
• To win Rummikub one must use up all of his/her tiles by putting out runs or groups, or adding on to other player’s sets.
• Rummikub contains 106 tiles numbered from 1 to 13, that are in four different colours that are generally red, black, yellow or orange and blue, and two jokers.
• Rummikub was invented by Jewish Ephraim Hertzano, a Romanian, who moved to Israel, and made handmade sets and sold door to door.
• Israel, Middle East, is the biggest manufacturer of Rummikub and exports the most sets.

• It is estimated that 50 million Rummikub games have been sold since its creation in the 1930s and has been sold in 54 countries and translated into 26 languages.
• Rummikub is actually a mix of the games Mah-Jong, Dominoes, Chess and Rummy.
• Holland has won the most W0rld Rummikub Championships, winning the championships three times.
• There are 13 editions of Rummikub put out by Lemada Light Industries, the manufacturers of Rummikub, and Rummikub is distributed by many well known game companies including Hasbro, Crown and Andrews, Ravensburger and Tomy.
• Rummikub has been for popular game for over 50 years and has won six ‘game of the year’ awards during that time.

Bibliography:
History of Rummikub, 2011, Rummikub, <http://www.rummikub.com/>