The lessons · lesson 12 of 13
The blind pass
On the last pass of a Charleston, you may pass on tiles coming to you without looking at them.
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What a blind pass is
In the Charleston, three tiles are passed to you, face down. On some passes, you may send them straight on to the next player, without looking at them. This is called a blind pass. You may pass on one, two or all three of them. The rest of the pass comes from your own rack. Only the last pass of each Charleston may be blind. In the first Charleston, that is the pass to the left. In the second Charleston, it is the pass to the right.
A 33-second video, with captions.
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A blind pass, step by step
This is the last pass of the first Charleston. It goes to the left. Every tile on your rack fits your hand, except this East. Passing two more of your own would break up your hand. So you keep your hand. Three tiles come to you from the right, face down. You pass the East, and two of those tiles straight on to the left, without looking at them. The third one is yours to keep.
A 30-second video, with captions.
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The last pass of the first Charleston
This is the last pass of the first Charleston, to the left, so you may pass blind. You are going for FFF 22 44 666 8888 in Bams, and every tile on your rack fits it except the North. What do you pass?
Your rack
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