HOW TO PLAY
RUMMY CARD GAME?
Rummy card game is played between 2 to 5 players and each player is dealt with 13 cards. Two decks (104 cards) and 4 Printed Jokers are used. Player has to draw and discard cards to form valid groups.
To start, one random card is picked as the Wild Card of the game. This card can then be used to form impure sequences and sets.
Once all the 13 cards are arranged in valid 2 sequences with 1 pure sequence and groups, one can make a declaration and win the game.
PURE SEQUENCE
A pure sequence is a group of three or more cards of the same suit, placed in consecutive order. To form a pure sequence, a player cannot use any Joker or wild card.
EXAMPLES
5♥ 6♥ 7♥
3♠ 4♠ 5♠ 6♠IMPURE SEQUENCE
An impure sequence is a group of three or more cards of the same suit with one or more Jokers or wild cards used.
EXAMPLES
(Q♠ as a wild card)
6♦ 7♦ Q♠ 9♦
5♠ Q♥ 7♠ 8♠ Joker
Notes
Ace can be used as a lower card as well as a higher card. For example, you can make a sequence as Q♠ K♠ A♠ , as well as A♠ 1♠ 2♠ . However, K♠ A♠ 2♠ is invalid.
A set can have more than four cards. So, if you have a set of four cards and you are using an additional Joker, then in total it becomes a 5 cards group and still be a valid set.
If the card kept under stock pile is a Printed Joker, then the Printed Joker and all suits of Ace are available for use as wild cards.
If the first card discarded by system is a wild card, you can pick it up. However, you cannot pick up the wild card discarded by other players.
POINT RUMMY RULES
REQUIRED FOR DECLARATION
Each group needs to have at least 3 cards.
Minimum 2 sequences are required.
One of these sequences must be pure (called First Life).
The second sequence can be pure or impure (called Second Life).
The rest of the cards need to be arranged in valid groups.
Score reaches 0.
SCORING
The unmatched cards of the rest of the players are counted. Even if a player has valid groups but does not meet the basic requirement of two sequences (First Life and Second Life), all the 13 cards are counted as unmatched.
Ace = 10 points
King = 10 points
Queen = 10 points
Jack = 10 points
10 = 10 points
The other cards carry points according to their numbers. For example, 4 will have 4 points and 9 will have 9 points. Joker will not cost any point.
DROPPING
If you drop from the game without picking even a single card from the discard pile or stock pile, you lose 20 points. If you drop in between a hand, before any other player has done a valid declaration, you lose 40 points.
An invalid declaration is considered as a dropping, you lose 80 points.
