Chinchón (card game)

Chinchón
OriginSpain
TypeMatching
Players2-4
SkillsAttention, Memory
Cards50
DeckSpanish
Rank (high→low)12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
PlayClockwise
Playing time20 min
ChanceLow-Moderate
Related games
Conquian

Chinchón is a matching card game played in Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, Cape Verde and other places. It is a close variant of gin rummy, with which it shares the same objective: making sets, groups or runs, of matching cards.

The name is spelled Txintxon in Basque and in Cape Verdean Creole (the latter also features the alternate spellings txin-txon, tchintchom or tchintchon). In Uruguay and Argentina, the game is called Conga or La Conga.