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Find out the rules
In two steps, you can learn more about the rules of the game that you are playing.
First, click on the Info button:
In the Info window that opens, double-click on one of the game rules and you'll
see the help topic for that game rule.
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Basic Rummi game rules
With the
Rummi software game you can play a wide variety of Rummy type games. However,
the basics of all games are the same:
| The game is played with two decks of cards, including two jokers. Often, tiles with
coloured numbers (like Rummikub) are used instead of playing cards.
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| At the start of a game, each player gets 14 tiles.
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| In turns, you must try and play your tiles in melds called runs or sets.
| A run is formed by three or more tiles in sequence, of the same color.
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| A set is formed by three or four tiles of the same face value, in different colors.
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| You may add tiles to existing runs or sets.
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You may take tiles that already on the table to combine with your tiles,
as long as at the end of your turn, all tiles are in valid melds of three tiles or more.
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| In the first turn where you actually play some tiles, you must play new melds with a
total value of 30 or more before you can do anything else.
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| You may play a Joker to take the place of any other valid tile.
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| If you cannot play (or don't want to), you have to draw another tile from the pool.
This will end your turn.
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| If you are the first player to have played all your tiles, you win the game.
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Try this fascinating game
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Game variations
Rummy games are played in many variations, under various names like Carousel, Shanghai,
Vatikan and more.
A few of the common varations are listed below.
Rummi supports all
these variations, and more, so you can enjoy your personal favorite game variation!
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Play your favorite game variation
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| You get a different number of tiles at the start of the game.
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| The game uses a discard pile, like in Gin Rummy. At the start of your turn,
you draw a card from either the pool or the discard pile. You end your turn by playing
a card onto the discard pile.
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| If you can't play, you have to keep drawing tiles from the pool until you can.
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| At the start of your turn you always draw a tile, and if you can't play you draw another
one or two tiles.
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| You may only re-use a joker if you have replaced it by the matching card.
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| You may only re-use a joker in a new meld, not by adding it to an existing meld.
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| In your first turn, you can only play your initial melds and do nothing else.
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| In your first turn there are no restrictions.
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| Aces (ones) can count as either high or low.
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| You may knock, as in games like Tonk. This ends the game early and the winner is
the player who has the lowest total face value in his hand.
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| Two spare cells contain cards that every player can use.
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| You may swap those annoying duplicate tiles with another player who has
a duplicate.
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