Game:Rummikub

Rummikub is a tile-based game, similar to the card game rummy, and was invented in Israel. Rummikub was created by Ephraim Hertzano, a Romanian-born Jew, who emigrated to Mandate Palestine in the early 1930s. He and his family hand made the first sets in the backyard of their home. The game combines elements of rummy, dominoes, mah-jongg and chess. Hertzano sold the first sets door-to-door and on a consignment basis at small shops. Over the years, the family licensed it to other countries and it became Israel's #1 export game. In 1977, it became a bestselling game in the United States.