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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.