Rummy
Draw, meld, and lay it all down before the others.
Rummy is the classic melding game, played here by its French rules. Draw, discard, and gradually build runs and sets to get rid of all your cards. A game of patience and observation for 2 to 4 players.
- Players
- 2–4
- Game length
- about 20 min
Rules
Objective
Be the first to lay down all your cards as melds. The game uses two 52-card decks with their jokers; each player is dealt 13 cards.
Melds
A run is three or more consecutive cards of the same suit. A set is three or four cards of the same rank in different suits.
A joker stands in for any card. A player holding the card it replaces may swap it for the joker on the table and reuse the joker at once.
A turn
On your turn, draw a card from the stock or take the last discard, lay down melds if you wish, then discard one card.
A player's first meld must total at least 51 points and include a run. Once they have laid down, they may also add cards to melds already on the table.
Scoring
The round ends when a player discards their last card. The others count the cards left in hand: face cards are worth 10 points, an Ace 11, a joker 20, other cards their face value.
These points are penalties. A player who has not laid down anything takes 100 points. After the agreed number of rounds, the lowest total wins.