Ginny-O (1978)

About this game

The crisscross Rummy game -- a fast action rummy board game where players compete on as many as nine "hands" at once. Plays similarly to Scrabble on a 15x15 board. Each person has seven tiles representing cards in a standard deck and must score as many points as possible by playing the tiles to the board to form gin rummy melds.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 1.0/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 8 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.