The game can also be played with 3, 6 or 5-12 players, however the basic rules are the same and those are the ones I want to explain.I will try to update step 6 (tactics) when I think of new considerations and actual tactical moves.Tichu comes in a nice, shiny, metal box, which is neat because you can bring the deck anywhere you like without the cards being damaged. However, me being a bad boy and all, and due to that I have found it so nice and entertaining during my internship, I wanted to spread the joy, doing so by writing this Instructable. We recommend this method of learning most warmly.) A first rate introduction to the game, by the way. Then we played and the Chinese experts gave us good advice. He drummed up a game in the backroom of the souvenir shop of the Confucian temple. The game is very easy to learn, and according to the makers it is ' not to be explained': Tichu is not to be explained (If we had believed that there would be no rules with this pack. Tichu is a Swiss card game I received and learned from a Swiss friend I met in Hong Kong during my internship project there.