The lessons · lesson 8 of 11

Jokers

Taking a joker back with the real tile, a thrown joker, and the tiles a joker can never stand for.

1. Taking a joker back

   The player across has three 7 Dots face up, and one of them is a joker. You hold a real 7 Dot. On your turn, you may put your 7 Dot in their group and take the joker. Their group is still three 7 Dots.

   A 17-second video, with captions.

2. Can you take this joker?

   The player on your left has two 2 Bams and a joker face up. You hold a 2 Bam, and it is your turn.

   What can you do? Yes. Their group is still three 2 Bams, and the joker is yours.

3. Two more joker rules

   A thrown joker is dead. Nobody can pick it up, not even to win. And a joker never stands for a single tile: not half of a pair, not in North East West South, and not in a year like 2026.

   A 17-second video, with captions.

4. A thrown joker

   Someone throws a joker, and it is the one tile your hand is missing.

   Can you call it to win? Right. A thrown joker can never be taken.

5. Which one is allowed?

   Jokers can be used to make three of a kind or more, but not pairs, and never for a single tile.

   Which of these is allowed? Yes. Four 8 Craks, one of them a joker: four of a kind.