out "Rummikub," and are declared the winner. If the pool runs out of tiles, play continues until there is a winner or no player can make a valid play. Rule Variations Draw Two / River Draw two - when you cannot or do not want to add a tile, you can draw from the Pool. To draw, pick up two (2) tiles, discard one (1) to the River, and place the other on your Rack, ending your turn. (The River is a row of tiles discarded during a draw. They must be kept in order of discard.) Pull from River - when you want a particular Tile from the River, you must pick up all the Tiles preceding it. Tiles are added to the River from left to right. So, the oldest Tile is to the far left, and the newest is to the far right. The oldest Tile that you pick up in the River is the Key Tile and must be played during that turn. The remaining tiles pulled from the River are called the Plunder. All of the Plunder Tiles must be placed on your Rack and cannot be used this turn. Once you play the Key Tile your turn is over. You can use any tiles already on your rack in order to use the Key Tile. Reception Games magazine included the game as Rummy-O II in their "Top 100 Games of 1980", noting the appeal of playing with tiles rather than cards for "the sound of snapping them onto the table when making a strong play". Awards 1980 Spiel des Jahres (German Game of the Year) 1983 Spel van het Jaar (Dutch Game of the Year). 1993 (Polish Game of the Year) See also Israeli inventions and discoveries Okey References External links Board Game Halv Reference Page Board games introduced in 1977 Rummy Products of Israel Tile-based board games Spiel des Jahres winners Pressman Toy Corporation games Ravensburger games Israeli inventions Israeli games