Everyone gives everyone else one card from his hand, face down, thus giving away three bad cards and getting three unknown cards in their place. Now all in turn take one card at a time until the stock is exhausted and everyone holds a fan of 14 cards in his hand. The Chinese do not deal cards they take them. The two partners in the two Tichu-teams sit opposite one another and try to help each other obtain points and opportunities to lead.īefore the game starts the winner of the previous round shuffles the pack, allows it to be cut and places it in the middle of the table. Four extra cards bring the pack up to 56 cards: the Dragon, the Phoenix, the Hound and the Hemp-Sparrow (or Mah Jong). The 10s rank between the 9 and the Jack, as in most British and most US games ( not between the King and the Ace as in the American Pinochle and many continental European games). The Ace is the highest in each family, the 2 the lowest. The cards, with their four suits (Jade, Swords, Pagodas, Stars), each of 13 values, correspond to the western bridge pack.

We recommend this method of learning most warmly.) Tichu Nanking (4 players) A first rate introduction to the game, by the way. Then we played and the Chinese experts gave us good advice.

He drummed up a game in the backroom of the souvenir shop of the Confucian temple. (If we had believed that there would be no rules with this pack. Again and again he lures us away from the knots of people. Yet the strange card game which the people are playing everywhere in all the parks and squares seems to be frowned upon. Naturally he knows them - he knows everything. Only with the game was he not so outstanding. He casts his own Nanking aside into the Yang Tze and leads us into an unknown land: a rock concert, a psychiatric clinic and a private audience with magician. Yes, Mr Chuang is an outstanding tour guide. But in Nanking there stood a thousand Buddha temple - the area most certainly has a landmark. And to tell the truth - that stuff about landmarks could also be said of Canton (Guangzhou) or Wuhan. Or perhaps only three goats andĥ8 figthers - anyway, there are basically more fighters than goats. Some monument with five goats and a heap of 38 resistance fighters is the landmark of the town. On request also meaning of bridges, number of Buddhas and length of lorries. Lengths of bridges, meaning of Buddhas, number of lorries in the province. Tour leader, German language section, Nanking (Nanjing). 031'381'33'97 We thank Mr Chuang for everything. ©Genossenschaft Fata Morgana, Landoltstrasse 63, CH-3007 Bern, Switzerland. Smith revised 1993 (and 2004 by fatamorgana) From the leaflet with Tichu cards by Fata Morgana

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