2 decks are required to play this game, with 2 . . Each player draws a card; the player with the highest card goes first. Deal 14 cards to each player, and place the remaining cards face-down in the center.
Players play in turns to play cards from their hand onto a shared board. On any turn, a player must either play one or more cards from their hand, or take a card from the deck.
Cards may be played into the center into a sequence (2
♥ 3
♥ 4
♥ or 9
♠ 10
♠ J
♠ Q
♠ K
♠ ) or set (A
♣ A
♥ A
♠ A
♦ ) of 3 or more cards. On a player's turn, they may rearrange any existing sequences or sets on the board as necessary to fit their new card, as long as the board contains valid sequences and sets of 3 or more cards at the end of the player's turn.
Before a player can join regular gameplay, they must play an independent group of tiles completely comprised of cards from their own hand, with the play exceeding 30 points (J is worth 11 points, and so on).
. can be played as a wild card. Additionally, players may move a . out of an existing sequence or set by replacing it with the appropriate card. For instance, in the sequence . 4
♦ 5
♦ , a player may move the . to a different sequence if they replace it with 3
♦ . . is worth 0 points.
The game ends when any player runs out of cards in their hand.