The response I got was a bit strange.
Brewer - "Scrabble is good, that reminds of Rummikub, which I played as a child"
Co-Worker Steve - "Sounds like a drinking game!"
First of all Rummikub actually looks like a horrible game that only elderly women can play. Second of all, Rummikub is nothing like Scrabble, except that maybe you can play it with your grandmother if you choose. Thirdly (of all?) there is no way a game that involves making words or number combinations should ever be combined with consuming alcohol, thats a recipe for disaster in my opinion.
(from Wiki)
Rummikub was invented in the early 1930s by Ephraim Hertzano, a Rumanian-born Jew who immigrated to Palestine. He hand-made the first sets with his family in the backyard of his home. The game combine elements of rummy, dominoes, mah-jongg and chess. Hertzano sold the first sets door-to-door and on a consignment basis at small shops. Over the years, the family licensed it to other countries and it became Israel’s #1 export game. In 1977, it became a bestselling game in the United States. In Hertzano's 'Official Rummikub Book', published in 1978,[citation needed] he describes three different games: American, Sabra and International. Modern Rummikub sets include only versions of the Sabra rules, with no mention of the other games, and there are variations in the rules between publishers. READ MORE
Rummikub was invented in the early 1930s by Ephraim Hertzano, a Rumanian-born Jew who immigrated to Palestine. He hand-made the first sets with his family in the backyard of his home. The game combine elements of rummy, dominoes, mah-jongg and chess. Hertzano sold the first sets door-to-door and on a consignment basis at small shops. Over the years, the family licensed it to other countries and it became Israel’s #1 export game. In 1977, it became a bestselling game in the United States. In Hertzano's 'Official Rummikub Book', published in 1978,[citation needed] he describes three different games: American, Sabra and International. Modern Rummikub sets include only versions of the Sabra rules, with no mention of the other games, and there are variations in the rules between publishers. READ MORE
