Talk:Tichu

history
When was Tichu first published?

I was curious about that too, the last printing says something like 650 million chinese play it. What is the history of the game? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.98.85.11 (talk) 21:15, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

There is no history. It's a fake story. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.83.218.34 (talk) 19:07, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

The story about the 650 million chinese playing it is fake, but that doesn't mean there is no history. The game as it is now was published in 1991. But it seems that there are indeed similar games being played in China (for which time period I don't know). --Marsupilami04 (talk) 09:25, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

As a Chinese I believe Tichu is inspired by the Chinese card game Dou Dizhu. However I can't find "reliable" resource verifying this, albeit Tichu is obviously just another transliteration of "Dizhu". Maybe someone can help me with this? --Ahyangyi (talk) 03:14, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

name
Does the Mandarin nickname really mean "big penis"...?

Nope. 大老二 (Da Lao Er) means "Big Two" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.171.191.60 (talk) 18:06, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Flushes
The official rules say "The player on lead may lay any of the following combinations on the table: [...] a sequence of length at least 5, for example 4,5,6,7,8,9 " -->no need for a straight flush is mentioned! The thing is that very often when you have a flush you will tear other combinations apart (especially pairs and three of a kind) when you play the flush.

One is always the A...
In an older version of the Tichu rules, it lists "One is always the A..." instead of "Grand Seignior." It is a variant of the same game. 2603:6080:C00:8C:3411:FC13:BE3A:3A38 (talk) 20:12, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Tournament
Every year in Belgium there is a big tichu tournament. BK Tichu. The tournament rules are a little bit different than the normal scoring system. 94.109.214.119 (talk) 18:03, 20 October 2023 (UTC)