Halli Galli

Halli Galli

I think this may be the most well0known game between beginners in Taichung. It's called the German Heart attack in Chinese, because it is very similar with the poker eart attack.

There are 56 playing cards showing four kinds of fruit in groups of 1 to 5 and a bell of the type found at hotel reception desks. The deck is distributed evenly between the players. Hold your deck face down; deal one face up in front of you. As each player reveals their next card, the instant you see a total of five of one kind of fruit on the table, hit the bell. If you're correct, you pick up all the played cards and put them into your deck. If you're wrong, pay the others a card each. When you run out of cards, you're out. When 2 players are left, they have one more strike, and then the taller deck wins.



It's not my favorite game, and I played only a few times. However, I think it is worth introducing.