I love to play games and I really like playing 
games with our family. Now, I am to the stage of Christmas shopping where I must find a good game for a late night competition. Rummikub keeps taking the cake in my mind. We had some friends teach us their version of Rummikub which made for a very fun night. It is a fun slant on Gin Rummy, but with tiles. We used two boxes of Rummikub tiles (that’s 2 games) with 8 people. The whole waiting for each person to go really slows the game down and makes it boring. Instead we all go at once. It is like a massive game of Nertz or Speed for you card players out there. You really have to be quick and watch the whole table constantly. It was an absolute riot.
While the best game would be with all adults, if you have kids elementary and up, they should be able to catch on. Watch out though, your competitive spirit is sure to rear its head. So, great game for the family over Christmas, especially if you are about to get a winter storm and are going to be stuck inside for a long time. (So I hear for Oklahoma.) You will want to play over and over….and over! Good Luck!
I will challege you to a game. I have never been beat.
This is the best website i have ever read. Thank you so much for taking the time to do it.
learned to play this at the lanning’s probably 20 years ago–love love love it!
our family has been playing this game for years – we have 2 sets (at least) and will definitely try the new slant over Christmas as we are certain to be snowed in! thanks for the idea!
Hi, I found your blog post through a search for “Nertz”. It is cool to see others that know about the game. I hope you don’t mind but I wanted to let you know about playnertz.com, the site for the National Nertz Association. There is a bunch of interesting Nertz information there and you can also find out how to play Nertz online there. I hope you will check it out. Feel free to join and also let your friends and family know. Thanks