The player with the highest card becomes the first dealer.

Before gameplay can begin, every player must draw a card from a shuffled deck. To set up a game of Shanghai Rummy, players need to form a circle around a stable playing area. The objective of Shanghai Rummy is to be the first player to go out and to have the fewest points. In Shanghai, Aces are either high or low depending on what the player wants it to be. It requires two decks of standard playing cards, including Jokers, and is suitable for ages 12 and up. I received no additional compensation, and all opinions are my own.Shanghai is a rummy type game with specific entry melds for two to four players. I received the items featured in this post from Timberdoodle as a member of their blog review team. Build a tower, castle, or something else using all the dice. This is actually really hard! #1 Buildziįorget rolling numbers. #3 PatternziĪrrange your dice into a pattern based off of the number you chose to roll for. Then roll double of the remaining five numbers.

Pick one die side that you do NOT want to collect. Play with your dominant (writing) hand tucked behind your back. Make sure you don’t hop on a die – they hurt! #5 Hand Behind Your Backzi You can also require players to roll a certain number before adding it to the tower.

Who can stack twenty dice the fastest? You can make this harder by requiring all the dice to face the same way. #8 AdditionziĪdd up all the numbers from your first roll. Once you roll your ten dice, divide them into sets of 2 and multiply each set (out loud or on a piece of paper). Since Timberdoodle sent us two sets of Tenzi dice, we actually had enough dice for all four kids to play this way at the same time. In the original Tenzi game, you roll the dice over and over until all twenty dice land on the same side. Some of these alternative games were inspired by 77 Ways to Play Tenzi card deck, which we were also sent. My children tend to change the rules of the games they play, so Tenzi’s “there is no wrong way to play” approach is perfect for us! Here are some ways we enjoy playing. Tenzi is part of Timberdoodle’s 2nd Grade Curriculum Kit. With children three years older and more into game playing, I was happy to review this toy as part of Timberdoodle’s 2016 blog team. I was intrigued, but my kids weren’t very into playing games so I didn’t invest in the toy and forgot about it. I first heard about Tenzi about three years ago, over on my friend Erica’s blog.

How to Play Tenzi? 10 Awesome Ways to Play.

Printable phase 10 dice instructions