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How to play Chinchón: rules and scoring

  • 2–8 players
  • 7 cards each
  • Out above 100

Goal: Meld your cards into runs and sets and avoid penalty points.

Setup

  • A Spanish deck.
  • 7 cards each.

How to play

  1. Take turns drawing and discarding.
  2. Close with few unmatched points.
  3. Seven in a row of one suit is a chinchón.

Scoring

Unmatched cardstheir values
Closing with all 7 melded (otherwise the closer scores 0)−10
Chinchón (7 in suit order)wins the game

Winning

  • Going above 100 puts you out; the last one in wins.

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