Sunday, May 12, 2024

#29: Mystery Rummy: Al Capone & the Chicago Underworld (Mark's Top 100 2024)


Mystery Rummy: Al Capone & the Chicago Underworld

  • rank: 3,651
  • rating: 6.9
  • published: 2003
  • designers: Mike Fitzgerald & Nick Sauer
Print Status
  • out of print?
Why It's On The List
  • This is my favorite of the Mystery Rummy series... mostly because it feels a bit like Canasta (possibly my favorite standard deck card game) in how difficult it is to hide key cards from your opponent(s).
Tips & Tricks:
    • In my opinion, this is the easiest of the Mystery Rummy games to teach to non-gamers.
    • While MR: Al Capone is a great 2-handed game and a wonderful partnership game, it drags on way too long with three players.
    • Don't give up... it is possible to fight your back into the game, even after a bad hand. (Just one of the reasons I love this game.)
    Extras

    1 comment:

    csjoholm said...

    Oddly, this is my least favorite of the mystery rummy games, probably because I don't think as highly of canasta. For a while, my work lunch group played Murders in the Rue Morgue regularly, and playing that in partnership became my absolute favorite of the series because of the opportunities for clever interaction with one's partner. And I love Wyatt Earp for three, because of the way the rewards increase, giving the suits different values in the scoring.