Gambo! card game with counters 1940s? AR-E-TEE

	Gambo! card game with counters	1940s?	AR-E-TEE
	First produced	1940s?	Players	2 to 10	Age(s)	10+

	Click the picture for more			Get rid of your cards by making or adding to, certain combinations. The player who first gets rid of all 10 cards wins the hand and is paid 3 chips / counters by each of the other players for each card they have left in their hand. There are seven different combinations that a player can lay or form using the other cards already laid in the pool; - 1 Pair, 2 cards of the same number or any card plus the joker - 2 Pairs - Threes; 3 cards of the same number or one pair plus the joker - A Straight; 5 cards in numerical order, or 4 cards plus the joker to form 5 cards in numerical order - Fours; 4 cards bearing the same number or three cards of the same number plus the joker - Fives; 4 cards each of the same number and the joker - A full house; 1 pair and a threes, or 2 pairs and the joker Players are awarded chips from the other players for the hand they lay. The more difficult the combination, the more the chips that are awarded. A set number of 3 chips are awarded if the player makes the hand by adding to any of the hands already laid eg. by converting a pair into a three The main element of the game is to earn chips/counters. To win, it is not the number of hands won but the number of chips each player has at the end of the game.

	Contents	Notes
	1 x set of 105 playing cards; - 4 cards of each number from 1 to 26 - 1 Joker 1 x rules booklet 1 x box of 500 counters / chips; - 290 red counters - 140 white counters - 70 blue counters		Players agree in advance the number of rounds in each full game. A clever game, combining elements of Poker and Rummy and neatly packed into small card boxes. Examples of this game commonly are missing the box of counters.

Contents

Notes

1 x set of 105 playing cards;
- 4 cards of each number from 1 to 26
- 1 Joker
1 x rules booklet
1 x box of 500 counters / chips;
- 290 red counters
- 140 white counters

- 70 blue counters

Players agree in advance the number of rounds in each full game. A clever game, combining elements of Poker and Rummy and neatly packed into small card boxes. Examples of this game commonly are missing the box of counters.