Rummy

The classic. Lay down sets and runs, add to anyone’s melds, and go out first to score what everyone else is still holding. 2–6 players.

Also known as Basic Rummy, Straight Rummy, and Rum.

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How to play Rummy

  1. 1One deck. Two players get ten cards each, three or four get seven, five or six get six. The next card starts the discard pile.
  2. 2On your turn, draw the top card of the stock or take the top discard. Then lay down any melds you like, add cards to any melds already down (yours or anyone's), and finish by discarding one card. You can't throw back a card you just took from the discard pile.
  3. 3A meld is three or four cards of one rank, or three or more in a row in one suit. Aces are low: A-2-3 counts, Q-K-A doesn't.
  4. 4You go out when your last card leaves your hand, whether you lay it down or discard it. You then score the cards left in everyone else's hand: aces 1, picture cards 10, the rest their number.
  5. 5Go out all in one turn, without having laid anything down before, and that's Rummy: your score for the round is doubled.
  6. 6If the stock runs out, the discards (all but the top card) are shuffled into a new stock. After 8 reshuffles, the next time it runs out the round ends and nobody scores.
  7. 7The host picks the winning score before the deal (100 unless changed). The first player to reach it wins.

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