Umdlalo weRummikub
URummikub ngumdlalo owaziwayo odumileyo odibanisa ithamsanqa kunye nezakhono zomdlali. Lo mdlalo ohamba ngokukhawuleza unika iiyure zokudlala ezinomdla ezisa iintsapho ezininzi kunye nabahlobo kunye. URummikub ngumdlalo owahlukileyo odibanisa ezinye zezona zinto zidumileyo zemidlalo eyaziwayo enje ngeMahjongg, iDominoes, iGin Rummy, iKalooki kunye nechess. URummikub ngumdlalo obambe umdla wabantu abadlalayo ukhuthaza ukucinga kwakho kwaye ucelomngeni kwi-wits yakho, lonke elixesha lokudlala.
Kukho imidlalo emithathu esisiseko enokuthi idlalwe kunye neseti yeRummikub. Olu hlobo luthetha ukuba usapho luphela lungadlala iRummikub, nokuba ifundise abantwana enye yokwahluka okusisiseko, okanye ungadlala phakathi kwabantu abadala ukuba bacel ‘umngeni ngokwenene kubukrelekrele bakho. Eyona ilula kule midlalo mithathu inokufundwa kwimizuzu nje embalwa, kwaye ekugqibeleni iya kukhokelela kwindlela kwiinguqulelo ezinomdla ngakumbi nezintsonkothileyo. Enye yezona zinto zibalaseleyo ngomdlalo weRummikub kukuba ungayilungisa nayiphi na umdlalo ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zabantu abadlalayo. Oko kuthetha ukuba ungadlala nabantu aba-2 okanye abantu aba-4, ayinamsebenzi nokuba yeyiphi na kuba ungacwangcisa eyakho imithetho yeetafile, ukuba bonke abanye abadlali bayavuma kwangaphambili.
IRummikub idlalwe ngeethayile ezilungisiweyo nezicwangciswe ngokutsha kwii-racks nakwitafile ukuya kwindibaniselwano yokuphumelela. Iithayile zenziwe ngokukodwa okwenziwe ngeplastiki okwenza ukuba zingabinakophuka kwaye kungenakwenzeka ukuba ‘ziphawule’ ukwenza lo mdlalo ubukhohlise ngokupheleleyo ubungqina. Bazi inzima, iyenza ukuba ibe ngumdlalo othandwayo ngaphandle ngenxa yokuba ayizukuvuthuza ngemini evuthuzayo. Ungadlala kwitafile yepikniki, elunxwemeni, okanye kwisikhephe, esingesinye sezizathu zokuba lo mdlalo uthandwe njengokuba unjalo.
URummikub ngumdlalo wamazwe aphesheya owakhawulwa malunga neminyaka engama-70 eyadlulayo eRomania, kodwa wazuza udumo kwihlabathi liphela. Ngoku uye wangumdlalo weklasikhi, nabantu beqhubeka nokuwuthenga kwaye bawudlale kwibhodi eqhelekileyo okanye badlale iRummikub kwi-intanethi ngokuchasene nabantu kwihlabathi liphela kwi-intanethi. Isibheno somdlalo senza ukuba sisasazeke phakathi kwe ‘newbie’s’ kwaye siphantse sikhobokise kubantu abadlala iRummikub ngalo lonke ixesha.