Even the sides of the tin box have nonsensical characters such as 'This package doesn't contain a refrigerator' and (apparently on the red box version, which I don't have) 'These characters have no meaning': We strongly recommend this method of learning the game.'Ĭlearly this is a tongue-and-cheek origins story for the game. This was a great introduction to the game. Then, we played, and the Chinese experts gave us good advice on playing the game. In a back room of a souvenir shop near a Confucius Temple, he gathered players for a game of Tichu. *If we had believed that, there would be no rules for the game. He leads us away from the groups playing this game, saying this game cannot be explained. But, about this game, that the people play in all the parks and all the meeting places, he will say nothing. But with the game he does not speak so easily. He throws his Nanjing in the Yangtse and takes us into an unknown world of rock concerts, psychiatric clinics, and private meetings with magicians. But, in Nanjing there are over 1000 Buddha temples definitely, this area has its symbols. Perhaps, the statue has 3 goats and 58 warriors, but, in any case, there are more warriors than goats.Īnd truthfully said: the statue could also be the symbol for Guanschou or Wuhan. He can tell you about the statue with 5 goats and a hill and 38 warriors that is the symbol for the city.

On request, he also knows the meaning of bridges, number of Buddhas, and length of the trucks. He is highly recommended as a guide, for he knows everything: length of bridges, the meaning of Buddha, the number of trucks in the province. Chuang, tour guide for the German speaking department in Nanjing, for everything. It humorously makes Tichu look like a forbidden game: Introduction and Background Story (a tribute of sorts to Chinese Culture)Īn interesting (but likely fictional) narrative is found in one version of the rules.

Tichu rules on triples