ScoringĮach team counts each of the scoring cards in their score piles.

If you run out of cards in your hand, you sit out the rest of the round. When 3 players run out of cards in hand the round ends. The final player left in the round gives any cards in hand to the opposing team and any tricks they have won to the player who went out first. When 3 players pass, the player who played last, and therefore has the highest value on the table takes all the cards facedown in front of them and starts the next round. If you pass, you can come back in to play on your turn. Then in order around the table, you need to play the same combination of cards with a higher value or pass. (You don’t have to play the Mah Jong, just reveal it) The player with The Mah Jong card will play first. Once all players have 3 cards in front of them, players may pick them up and look at them. The player sitting opposite you will be your partner.Įach player looks at their hand and passes 3 cards, one to each player by placing a card in front of them. Shuffle all the cards and deal all the cards (14) to each player. There are several variations of this game so I’m just going to cover the 4 players only game I know which is called “Tichu Nanking”. Tichu is a partnership climbing card game, and the object of play is to rid yourself of your hand, preferably while scoring points in the process.

How to win: Score the most points as a team. Mechanic: Hand Management, Partnerships, Trick-Taking Tichu is a partnership, trick-taking game.

Tichu games