Tongits
The Philippines’ three-player rummy. Meld, lay off on anyone, call a fight when your hand is low, or play out for Tongits. 3 players.
How to play Tongits
- 1A three-player rummy from the Philippines. Everyone gets twelve cards and the dealer gets thirteen. Cards count their number, aces 1 and picture cards 10.
- 2Melds are sets of three or four of a rank, or runs of three or more in one suit. Aces are always low, so A-2-3 is a run but Q-K-A is not.
- 3The dealer starts by melding and discarding. After that, start your turn by drawing from the stock, or take the top discard if you lay it down at once in a new meld with cards from your hand.
- 4Then lay down melds and lay off cards on anyone's melds, and end by discarding one card. If someone lays off on your melds, you can't call a fight on your next turn.
- 5Play every card from your hand and you win with Tongits: everyone pays you 3 points.
- 6At the start of your turn, if you have a meld laid down, you can call a fight instead of drawing. Each player with a meld laid down chooses to fight or fold, and the lowest hand among the fighters wins. The caller has to be strictly lowest; ties go to a challenger. Everyone pays the winner 1 point, and each fighter who loses pays 1 more.
- 7If the stock runs out, the lowest hand wins and everyone pays 1 point. A player with no meld laid down is burned: they can't win the count or join a fight, and pay 1 point more.
- 8The winner deals next. First to 10 points wins.
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