Okey is a Turkish board game. It is practiced in cafes, such as the tavla, or with online applications. The rules of the game are similar to those of Rummikub and Rummy. Material The game is made up of 106 tiles (in wood, ivory or plastic), i.e. twice four sets of 1 to 13 of four colors each, plus two jokers. Each player has a two-level easel to store their tiles. The start of a round At the start of each round, all the tiles are turned over, face down, and in packs of 5. The first pack is the only one with 6 tiles. Player order is counter-clockwise. The first player rolls a dice to determine a deck (by moving the 6th floating tile), then the player in front of him rolls the dice again to grab the tile corresponding to the number obtained (starting from the bottom). The chosen tile is thus revealed. This tile is the one that determines the value of the joker: the two joker tiles therefore take the value: tile + 1 (if a red 13 is revealed, the joker tiles become red 1s for the round). And, conversely, the tiles that are marked with the value: tile + 1 become jokers and can be used as any number or color. Then, the first player deals the tile packs one by one, starting with the person on his right, who must end up with 15 tiles and the others 14. The remaining tile packs constitute the draw pile, which must be drawn following always anti-clockwise. Each player has, at the start of the game, 20 points. If there is a player who has the tile of the same value as the one that was revealed, then he makes the other players lose 1 point by showing it. Course of a round Game of Turkish Okey in a café The player with 15 tiles starts. He places next to the player on his right a tile which he is not going to use. The next player takes the tile, if needed, or draws a tile. Then, he places a tile to his right, and so on. Players can sort tiles on their racks by: sequences of numbers of the same color (minimum 3 tiles, with the combination 12/13/1 accepted) - 11 12 13 1 same number but different colors (minimum 3 tiles, maximum 4) - 4 4 4 pairs of numbers of the same color. This combination is tough because he can only win if he has ONLY pairs on the rack - 7 7 The end of a round The player who has only one \solitaire\ tile left (not entering any combination), when it is his turn to play, wins. He must place the \solitaire tile on the table\ and show that he has ONLY combinations on his easel. If the tile is a tile with the value of the joker (tile + 1), it causes all the other players to lose 4 points, otherwise they only lose 2. The game ends when a player reaches 0 points.
