Double Seven

About this board game

Double Seven is a modern rummy-style game for 2–4 players, with plays lasting around 30 minutes. Collect animal tiles, build large families, exchange sets with opponents, and score points from the tiles and 7 tokens you claim.

The game includes eleven tiles of each of eight animal types, plus three clovers that act as jokers. Everyone begins with three random tiles. At the start of your turn, draw three tiles if your hand is empty; otherwise, draw two, then take as many available actions as you like.

• Start a family: Place at least two matching animal tiles from your hand to create a new family type.
• Expand a family: Add one or more matching tiles or clovers to a family already in front of you.
• Swap families: Exchange one of your families for an opponent’s family of the same size.
• Claim a clover: Replace a clover in a family on the table with its appropriate animal tile from your hand.
• Swap two for one: Once per turn, discard two hand tiles face up to draw one tile from the table, face up or face down.

Growing a family to seven or more tiles lets you claim a 7 token from the reserve. Claim one a second time to take the 77 token as well, triggering a final turn for each other player. This creates a race to expand while managing the sets your opponents may be able to trade away.

In Double Seven, every tile in front of you scores one point, and each 7 on your claimed tokens is worth one additional point. The player with the most points wins.