It’s no surprise that Rummikub is so popular–it has all the elements that make a great game: it’s easy to learn and fast-moving, it’s different every time it’s played, it combines luck and strategy, and it changes quickly so every player has a chance to win until the very end. And with more than 70 million units sold, Rummikub is one of the world’s best-selling, and most-played, games.
Players take turns placing numbered tiles in runs (consecutive numbers of the same color, like 2, 3, 4 in red) and groups (three or more of the same number in different colors, like a red 9, a blue 9, and a black 9). It’s easy to learn, but packed with strategy–the “board” changes all the time as players adjust the tiles on the table. The Joker tiles add to the fun; they can be any color or number.
The object is to be the first player to play every
It's fun fact time again! If you know more than one language, (and hopefully you do, this being South Africa and all), you will know that some languages have very similar words for the same thing. Take the Xhosa word for socks: 'iikawusi'. It's actually borrowed from the Afrikaans 'kouse'. Afrikaans, on the other hand, got its word for banana, 'piesang', from the Malay word, 'pisang'. For years, all languages have borrowed and learnt from one another.
One word that is very similar across most South African languages is 'bank'. In Xhosa it's 'ibhanki ', in Zulu it's 'ibhange', and in both Afrikaans and English it's 'bank'. Of course, the bank we have a deal on today has nothing to do with where you keep your money, but rather where you should spend it: a power bank from SUPERVOLT.