<p>It is clearly stated in <a href="http://www.boardgamecapital.com/game_rules/rummikub.pdf" rel="noreferrer">the rules</a> (section "The Joker:"): </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A joker used in the opening set scores the value of the tiles it represents.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So your mom was right and the Computer uses its own rules.</p>

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Toon Krijthe
<p>I played Rummikub yesterday and you know: To start a game, one has to lay down a minimum of 30 Points with new rows created.</p>
<p>However, yesterday, my mom laid out following:</p>
<p><code>[11] [11] [JO]</code></p>
<p>In my Computer Rummikub, this isn't allowed, but my mom said we will keep this rule. I said that I will ask on a very good forum, if this is allowed.</p>
<p>So when attaching the Joker to a row, will it get assigned the value of the number it represents? Or will it only stand for this number, as I think, with having a value attribute of zero?</p>

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Does a Joker have the value of the number it represents when played as part of the initial minimum 30 point row?
Noah Krasser
# Does a Joker have the value of the number it represents when played as part of the initial minimum 30 point row?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-02-11)

I played Rummikub yesterday and you know: To start a game, one has to lay down a minimum of 30 Points with new rows created.

However, yesterday, my mom laid out following:

`[11] [11] [JO]`

In my Computer Rummikub, this isn't allowed, but my mom said we will keep this rule. I said that I will ask on a very good forum, if this is allowed.

So when attaching the Joker to a row, will it get assigned the value of the number it represents? Or will it only stand for this number, as I think, with having a value attribute of zero?

**Tags:** rummikub, joker


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-02-11. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

It is clearly stated in [the rules](http://www.boardgamecapital.com/game_rules/rummikub.pdf) (section "The Joker:"):

> A joker used in the opening set scores the value of the tiles it represents.

So your mom was right and the Computer uses its own rules.


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