During the game, the partners try to help each other score points and gain the lead. The game is played by pairs of two partners with the players of each team sitting opposite one another.
Below, you will find rules and other comments for four 'Tichu' games, depending on the number you choose to play with. We recommend this method of learning most heartily, if you can find a Chinese expert to teach you.
Later, we played and the Chinese experts gave us good advice. He drummed up some rules in the backroom of the souvenir shop of the Confucian temple.Īt first, he only allowed us to watch. So, we talked Mr Chuang (the man who taught us the game) into helping us. If we believed that, there would be no rules with this game. Some say tichu cannot be explained but must be experienced. The 10 ranks between the 9 and the jack, as in most card games.įour extra cards expand the deck to 56 cards: the Dragon, the Phoenix, the Hound, and the Hemp-Sparrow (or Mah Jong). The ace is the highest in each suit and the 2 is the lowest.
