The game, for 2–4 players, features a raised-grid gameboard and 104 tiles in two colors that are marked like a suit of cards (A-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-J-Q-K).

All other players must subtract from their current score the point value of the tiles they still hold.

[1] David Bukszpan, in his 2012 book Is that a Word?, panned the game, saying it was "not terribly easy to pick up, and seems destined to remain forever abandoned and gathering dust in the great toy attic of history.

"[2] Despite this assessment, the game did gain some measure of popularity in the UK, resulting in tournaments.

I can only recall a couple of times either the better half, or myself, has even considered missing a turn laying tiles in favour of returning some to the bag to draw a different 'hand.'