1. Vocab-Rummy A card game with: Could be used for:
letters instead of numbers
simple rules
easily countable values
Could be used for:
vocabulary building/revising
learning/revising spelling
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2. How to play … Two to five players One player shuffles, deals
7 cards each (8 for the dealer)
Rest placed in a draw pile
Dealer makes as many words as s/he can from the letters in hand, then discard one card, face up
Next player (clockwise)
takes a card
either the one thrown by the first player or from the draw pile
if from center pile, use or discard
if from face-up pile, use
when draw pile has all been turned up,
shuffle and keep face down again
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3. Rules … If a player wants a card from discard pile, s/he has to:
take all cards on top of it
use the last (bottom) card picked
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4. For example … The game is over when: one player finishes his hand
no more cards for the draw pile
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5. Scoring … 1 + 4 + 1 + 1+ 1 = 8 Each letter card has a number value
Add values of letters of each word
Player who finishes hand first gets +10
Winner – player with highest score
Deal again and continue to play a series of games
Collate the scores and the winner
is the one with the highest accumulative score
= 8
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