Rules of Chinchon

Chinchon is a card game played with the Spanish deck (also known as Txintxon or Conga) belonging to the same family as Gin Rummy.

The objective of the game is to combine your 7 cards before your opponents do it. The possible card combinations are: three of a kind, four of a kind or straight flushes (3 or more consecutive cards of the same suit).

Other games with similar rules: Gin Rummy, Remigio, Canasta, Buraco, Tranca…

Spanish deck

This game is played by 4 players individually with the spanish deck of 40 cards (8 and 9 not included).

The wild card is the 1 of coins and replaces any other card.

How to play Chinchon

With these rules, the player who starts playing in the first round (the “hand” player) is decided by drawing lots. In the next round the player on his/her right starts.

Each player, on their turn, must:

• Draw a card from the draw pile.
• Or draw the last discarded card face up on the table.

You can “close” the round by dragging a card to the closing position if the following rules are met:

• All players have played at least one turn.
• If you have all the cards combined or if you have 6 cards combined and the remaining card is 1 2 or 3.

Show combinations

After closing, players must show their combinations one by one. The other players can discard any card they have failed to combine.

Count up points

Players will add as many points as the cards they have in their hand and will be eliminated if they exceed 50 points.

The value of the cards is as follows:

• If the player who closes has combined all their cards, they get -10 points and the other players cannot discard any cards.
• If a player closes with a single straight flush formed with the wild card, they get -25 points.
• If a player closes with a single straight flush without a wild card, they directly win the game.

Re-entry

If a player exceeds the points limit and is eliminated, they may return to the game if they pay the necessary coins. The player returns with the same points of the player who has the most.

End of the game

The last remaining player wins.

• If all players exceed the points limit at the same time, the player with the lowest score wins.
• In case of a tie, the player who closed the last round wins. Otherwise, the hand player wins.

Experience points and ranking

You already know the rules of Chinchon. Now play to get experience points , level up and get better in the ranking.

Players who leave the game will not score any points. Except if they have been eliminated from the game.

Get extra coins and experience by completing game challenges.