Tichu

 

Tichu is a game in which you need to get rid of your cards, aim of the game is to reach 1000 points. The cards features a 4 suits of 13 cards in analogy to a normal deck of cards + 4 special cards, a Mah Jong, a dragon, a dog and a phoenix. You score for card combinations; in your turn you can play a higher combination than the player before you or pass. If the round goes back to the player who played the currently highest combination he wins this combination. Bombs are rows of 5 cards or 4 cards of the same kind and top everything. When only one player has cards left, he hands them to the other team and gives any cards he might have won to the player who was out of cards first. Then the cards won are scored.

 

First edition 1989 Fata Morgana, Game 6

New edition Abacusspiele 8981

Anniversary Edition 2006 in a tin, designer not named

 

Card game for 4 players, ages 10+

 

Designer: Urs Hostettler

Publisher: Abacusspiele 2011

Web: www.abacusspiele.de

Stock #: 08981

 

Users: With friends

 

Version: multi * Rules: de en fr it * In-game text: no