Chinchón is a Spanish rummy-family card game for 2 to 4 players, each playing individually, using a 40-card deck (no 8s, no 9s, no jokers). On your turn you draw from the stock or the discard pile and discard one card; combinations (sets and same-suit runs) are only revealed when someone closes. You may close with 5 deadwood points or fewer; reaching 100 penalty points eliminates you and the last player standing wins.
Play now — it's freeThe Spanish 40-card deck is used: the suits are oros (coins), copas (cups), espadas (swords) and bastos (clubs), and the cards run from 1 (ace) to 7, followed by sota (10), caballo (11) and rey (12). No 8s, no 9s and no jokers.
From 2 to 4 players take part, each on their own (no partnerships). Each player is dealt 7 cards and the next card of the stock is turned face up to start the discard pile.
On your turn you draw exactly one card:
| You draw from | Detail |
|---|---|
| Stock (face down) | The top card of the stock |
| Discard pile (face up) | The most recently discarded card |
Then you discard one card face up onto the pile, so you are always back to 7 cards in hand. Combinations are never laid on the table during the hand: they are only revealed when someone closes.
A set is 3 (or 4) cards of the same rank, in any suits. A run is 3 or more consecutive cards of the same suit.
In runs the order is 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-sota-caballo-rey: the ace only links to the 2 and the rey is the high end (no wrap-around). Because the deck has no 8s or 9s, the 7 links directly to the sota.
If your 7 cards form a single same-suit run (for example 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 of coins), you have a chinchón: the hand ends instantly and you win the whole match, whatever the score.
After drawing, if your uncombined cards total 5 points or fewer you may close: you discard one card and show your hand. The other players then arrange their hands as best they can.
Players who did not close may lay their leftover cards onto the closer's combinations (the fourth card of a set, or either end of a run) — unless the closer melded all 7 cards, in which case no layoffs are allowed.
At the end of the hand every player scores the value of their uncombined cards as penalty points:
| Item | Points |
|---|---|
| Uncombined cards 1 to 7 | Face value |
| Uncombined sota, caballo or rey | 10 |
| Closing with all 7 cards melded | −10 for the closer |
| Reaching 100 points | You are eliminated |
The last player still in the game wins. If everyone passes 100 points in the same hand, the player with the lowest total wins (on a tie, whoever closed that hand).
Close early: a hand closed with 5 points usually beats chasing the perfect hand, because every extra turn is a chance for a rival to close first.
Prefer runs over sets: a 7-card same-suit run is a chinchón and wins the match on the spot.
Don't discard cards that link into visible runs — you are handing your opponent free points.
Watch your score: at 90 points one bad hand eliminates you, so sometimes closing with 5 is better than gambling.
A Spanish 40-card deck: 1-7, sota (10), caballo (11) and rey (12), with no 8s, no 9s and no jokers.
From 2 to 4 players, and each of them plays individually — no partnerships or teams.
7 cards each; on your turn you draw one and discard one, so you always hold 7 cards.
Closing ends the hand after you draw, when your uncombined cards total 5 points or fewer: you discard one card and reveal your hand.
Cards 1 to 7 count their face value; sota, caballo and rey count 10 points each.
It is the top play: all 7 cards forming a single same-suit run. It wins the match instantly.
You get a −10 point bonus and no opponent may lay cards off onto your combinations.
The match is played by elimination to 100 points: reaching 100 eliminates you and the last player standing wins.
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