Rummikub is the second greatest game of all time. Its better than Poker, Sudoku, Cranium, and Hockey…combined. When I think of Thanksgiving, I don’t think of turkey. I think of our family’s all night Rummikub-fests and how I owned the room.

There is one game that is better, however. It was invented by my brother Bryan a few years ago. Out of nowhere he said to me, “I’ll give you a million dollars if you can name the person I’m thinking of right now.”
“A million…wait…what?”
“A mil for the person I’m thinking of.”
“I don’t know. Benito Santiago?”
“No. The correct answer is that guy who used to work at the baseball card shop.”
“Oh. Do I at least get something for my guess?”
“No. That’s not how it works. You get nothing.”

And the rest is history. The topic list is endless – movie, year, two word rhyme scheme, element, president, professional athlete, college, food, book, restaurant, time of day, etc. The odds of actually guessing one are around 300 to 1. But man, when you get one right…there’s only like 12 greater feelings on earth.

You can play it anywhere, with anyone. And its great for car rides. It makes a 5 hour drive feel like, I don’t know, 4.5 at the most.