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Rummy

Players

This game can be played with 2 - 4 players.

Game basics

  • A can be either high or low
  • Play with .

Setup

Deal 10 cards to each player. Place the remainder of the deck face down in the center.

Gameplay

The objective is for a player to form a complete hand. A hand is complete when every card is a member of a sequence or group.

Sequences are sets of 3 or more cards of the same suit in continuous order, such as 2
3
4
, or 10
J
Q
K
. Groups are sets of 3 or 4 cards of the same number, such as 6
6
6
, or J
J
J
J
. . is a wild card.

Play begins to the left of the dealer. On a player's turn, they may take either the top card from deck or the top card in the discard pile, and discard a card from their hand to the discard pile face up.

If a player completes their hand, they discard the card from their hand face down.