Distribute tokens evenly among all of the players. The tokens can be any little thing: pennies, nuts, raisins, matchsticks, etc. A lot of people use gelt.
Every time the pot is emptied, or there’s only one token left, every player should put a token in the pot.
Shin (“shtel” or “put in” in Yiddish) - Put one more token in the pot. Nun (“nisht"or “nothing” (in Yiddish) - Do nothing. Gimmel (“gantz"or “everything” in Yiddish) - Take all tokens from the pot. Hay (“halb"or “half” in Yiddish) - Take half of all tokens lying in the pot. In case of an odd number of tokens, round up. If you run out of tokens, you are either “out,” or you may ask another player for a loan.
