What is the local Turkish board game? What is the most popular board game in Turkey? To launch board game in Turkey, how to choose the gameplay? To answer these questions, we must learn about Okey.
What is Okey?
The Turkish “mahjong”–Okey, which originated from the Israeli Rummikub card game, now is very popular in Turkey and gradually became the national board game among turkish players.
A set of Okeys has 106 cards, the card face will have 4 different colors, numbered from 1 to 13, each number has 8 cards, which are two red, two yellow, two blue and two black. In addition, there are two special cards, known in the game as wildcards, which can be used in place of all other cards.
How to play Okey?
Preparation: After shuffling the cards, decide the dealer by guessing or rolling the dice, and then decide the color and number of okey by rolling the dice.
Process: Take turns touching the cards, the dealer takes three times (five cards at a time) and has 15 cards in his hand, the other three players also take three times (five cards in the first two, four cards in the last) and has 14 cards in his hand. Then began to take the card, lose the card, repetitive actions. Comparing the order with mahjong, adopt reverse clock. The dealer drops the cards first, and the cards are turned over in the center so that other players can see them.
Winning phase: The goal of losing a card is to “pair up the cards in your hand.” There are two pairs of ways, one is the same color, the other is the same number of different colors, but both are at least 3 to count as a group. The player who is the fastest one to pair up all the cards will win the board game.
Okey is similar to mahjong. But there are also obvious differences, such as the existence of “sahte okey” blank card in okey, it can replace any card, to form a pair with other cards. Player can win Okey in a variety of ways, with the same color, or the same number of different colors.
Some Okey games
Due to legal restrictions, offline casinos in Turkey are decreasing year by year, and online gambling has become popular. At present, there are many great board games in Turkey, for example, OKey, Texas Hold’em and Slot machines. And, in the current environment, online Okey games are very popular among Turkish players, including Quick Game’s Fun 101 Okey, Ahoy Game’s Okey! And Zynga Inc’s Okey Plus.
Conclusion
Generally speaking, Okey is one of the most popular board games in Turkey, which has a huge market. In the game selection, we can pay more attention to it when launching board game in Turkey. Other popular Turkish chess & card games, should be taken seriously as well.
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