Rummoli
BGG rank
BGG #17,979
BGG rating
5.8

Rummoli

1940

Rules assistance for Rummoli

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–8 players
  • 60 min
  • 6+
  • Complexity 1.2/5

Rules assistant for Rummoli

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Rummoli is a board game released in 1940 for 2–8 players, 60 minutes per game, and ages 6 and up. Its main mechanics are Betting and Bluffing.

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About the game

Rummoli is a mix of Poker and Rummy. Rummoli and Tripoley are variants of the same game, both of which are commercial names for Michigan Rummy. The difference is that in Rummoli, the A-K-Q-J-10 pay cards are Spade-Hearts-Clubs-Diamonds-Spades and you collect the payouts for the pay cards during play of the Michigan phase, while in Tripoley, they are all Hearts, and Tripoley adds 'Hearts' phase to the game, where players take payouts for simply being dealt the pay cards before play of the Poker phase commences. These games all derive from the card game Michigan (also known as Boodle, Stops, and Newmarket), which has only four pay cards (traditionally A Hearts-K Clubs-Q Diamonds-J Spades) and only the Michigan phase (with payouts during the play of the Michigan), and usually no pot -- instead, each play pays the winner one chip per card left in their hand.

Publishers

  • Canada Games Company Lmt.
  • Copp Clark Publishing Company

Questions and answers

Rummoli supports 2–8 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.