Game

Tichu

Matching and Shedding Card Games

Tichu is a proprietary card game, primarily classified as a shedding game, that includes elements of Bridge, Daihinmin and Poker. It is played between two teams of two players each, and the teams work to accumulate points, with the first team to reach a predetermined score, usually 1,000 points, winning the game. Tichu is the trade name for what appears to be a variant of Dou di zhu, known as Choi Dai Di in Cantonese and Da Lao Er in Mandarin and meaning big two, combined with Zheng Fen, meaning Competing for Points. It is also marketed as Tai Pan in Dutch. Urs Hostettler invented Tichu, and it was originally released in 1991.

Facts
Origin Year
1991 1
Playing Time Band
30 to 90 Minutes 1
Playing Time
90 2
Designer
Urs Hostettler 2
Publisher
(Unknown) 2
Publisher
999 Games 2
Publisher
ABACUSSPIELE 2
Publisher
Devir 2
Publisher
Fata Morgana Spiele 2
Publisher
Filosofia Éditions 2
Publisher
G3 2
Publisher
GP Games 2
Publisher
Hobby World 2
Publisher
HomoLudicus 2
Publisher
Jelly Monster 2
Publisher
Jogo na Mesa 2
Publisher
Korea Boardgames 2
Publisher
Maldito Games 2
Publisher
Playhouse Ltd 2
Publisher
Rio Grande Games 2
Publisher
Swan Panasia Co., Ltd. 2
Publisher
TIKI Editions 2
Publisher
uplay.it edizioni 2
Publisher
Vennerød Forlag AS 2
Game Category
Card Game 2
Game Mechanic
Hand Management 2
Game Mechanic
Ladder Climbing 2
Game Mechanic
Predictive Bid 2
Game Mechanic
Team-Based Game 2
Minimum Players
3 2
Maximum Players
10 2
Classification
Player Count
Team-Based (Two Teams) 1
Sport
Game Type (category)
Card Game 1
Connections

Derived From

Dou dizhu, Games
Source Tichu (Wikipedia)

Long-Form Articles

Sources
1. Tichu (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: playing_time
    60-90 minutes
  • Lead sentence
    Tichu is a proprietary card game primarily classified as a shedding game
  • Lead sentence [player-count]
    played between two teams of two players each
  • Lead, final sentence
    originally released in 1991
  • Derived From: Dou dizhu, Lead, second sentence
    what appears to be a variant of Dou di zhu
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2. Tichu (BoardGameGeek)
  • Playing Time: 90
  • Designer: Urs Hostettler
  • Publisher: (Unknown)
  • Publisher: 999 Games
  • Publisher: ABACUSSPIELE
  • Publisher: Devir
  • Publisher: Fata Morgana Spiele
  • Publisher: Filosofia Éditions
  • Publisher: G3
  • Publisher: GP Games
  • Publisher: Hobby World
  • Publisher: HomoLudicus
  • Publisher: Jelly Monster
  • Publisher: Jogo na Mesa
  • Publisher: Korea Boardgames
  • Publisher: Maldito Games
  • Publisher: Playhouse Ltd
  • Publisher: Rio Grande Games
  • Publisher: Swan Panasia Co., Ltd.
  • Publisher: TIKI Editions
  • Publisher: uplay.it edizioni
  • Publisher: Vennerød Forlag AS
  • Game Category: Card Game
  • Game Mechanic: Hand Management
  • Game Mechanic: Ladder Climbing
  • Game Mechanic: Predictive Bid
  • Game Mechanic: Team-Based Game
  • Minimum Players: 3
  • Maximum Players: 10
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