Description
- Hand crafted
- 8-9-10 Version
- 16"x16"x3/4"
- No Turn Table
This Michigan Rummy, Tripoli or Rummoli game board is milled from solid red oak that is approximately 16"x16" and is 3/4 inch thick. It is custom crafted and made in Fargo, ND, USA. Pockets are created and labeled for the different pots used in the game to hold chips or coins. Each pocket is carved/engraved, and hand painted. Text is black, Diamonds and Hearts are red and Clubs and Spades are black in color. Outside the pockets, the pockets are labeled with a carved text. The board is sealed and finished smooth to the touch. Cards not included.
Michigan Rummy, Tripoley or Rummoli is a family card game for 2 to 9 people. This Canadian board game, first marketed in 1940 by the Copp Clark Publishing Company of Toronto requires a game board, a deck of playing cards (52 cards, no jokers), and chips or coins to play. The game is usually played for fun, or for small stakes (e.g. Pennies). Rummoli is one of the more popular versions of the Stops Group of matching card games, in particular it falls into a subgroup of stops games based on the German Poch and falls into a family of Poch variants such as the French Nain Jaune(Yellow Dwarf), the Victorian Pope Joan but most like the American game Tripoley (a proprietary name, occasionally called by the generic Michigan rummy. The Board The game board, used during play has a rectangular shape containing thirteen (13) different pots. Each of these pots on the board are used to store chips or coins. The ordering of the pots around the board is not important. They include: - the Pot - Ace of Clubs - Ace of Diamonds - Ace of Hearts (2 different pockets) - Ace of Spades - 8-9-10 All One Suite - King-Queen of Hearts - the Kitty - 10 of Hearts - Jack of Hearts - Queen of Hearts - King of hearts