Classic Rummy
Play the famous Classic Rummy card game on your Android Smartphone or Tablet!! Play Classic Rummy with 2 players against simulated opponents playing with high-level artificial intelligence. The player to the left of the dealer starts the hand, and gameplay goes as follows: Start your turn by drawing card from either the deck or the discard pile. If possible, lay down a meld on the table. You are allowed to put down many melds in each round (in some versions only. Lay off cards on.
Rummy Rules
Rummy is a classic cardgame where the objective is to be the first to get rid of all your cards, by creating melds, which can either be sets, three or four cards of the same rank, e.g. H8 S8 D8, or runs, which are three or more cards of the same suit in a sequence, e.g. H1 H2 H3. Aces are low, and sequences can not wrap around. There are many, many variations of Rummy that exist, this particular implementation is Basic Rummy, or Traditional Rummy.
Gameplay
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The game can have 2,3 or 4 players. If there are only two players they each get 10 cards, if there are three or four player then each player gets 7 cards. After the cards are dealt the deck is put facedown on the table, and one card face up next to it, to start the discard pile. The player to the left of the dealer starts the hand, and gameplay goes as follows:
- Start your turn by drawing card from either the deck or the discard pile.
- If possible, lay down a meld on the table. You are allowed to put down many melds in each round (in some versions only one meld per turn is allowed).
- Lay off cards on existing melds. For example if there's H5 H6 H7 on the table, and you have the H8 you may lay it off on the meld. Who put the meld down in the first place doesn't matter, as soon as a meld is on the table it doesn't belong to anyone anymore, anyone can use it. You are allowed to lay off as many cards as you want, and you may always lay off, also when you haven't put down a meld in the round.
- End your turn by discarding one card onto the discard pile. If you drew from the discard pile you can not discard that card in the same round. If you only have one card left to discard you put it face down on the discard pile and win the game.
The game continues like this until one player has finished all the cards from their hand. A player is not required to end the game by discarding a card onto the discard pile, if he can lay down all his cards in melds, or lay them off on existing melds the may do so, and will win the game.
If the deck is depleted before a player has won, then the discard pile is shuffled and used as a new deck. If the deck is depleted for a second time then the hand is considered a stalemate and finishes with no one getting any points.
Scoring
The scoring in Rummy is winner-takes-all. When a player has won a round, the cards his opponents still have in their hands are counted and the winner gets points based on them. Face cards are worth 10 points each, aces are 1 point, and other cards are worth their rank, e.g. an 8 is worth 8 points. The points for all the losers are added together and given to the winner. (In some variations each player gets his points as penalty points, but not in this version). The score needed to win the entire game varies based on how many players there are. For 2 players the score is 100 points, for 3 players it's 150 points and for four players the score is 200. When a player reaches the target score he has won the entire game. Since scoring is based on cards left in hand it makes sense to try to meld and lay off as early as possible.
Going Rummy (Rummy bonus)
If a player has not melded or laid off any cards during the game, but can get rid of all his cards in one turn earns a bonus, his points are doubled! This is called Going Rummy, and is a risky move, since you have a lot of cards for a long time, but can really pay off if you manage to do it successfully!
Stalemate
There are two cases where the game can end in a stalemate. One, as mentioned above, is when the stock has been depleted twice. The other is when the game detects that none of the players will be able to finish their hands. This can for example happen when all players have only one card left, and there are no possible lay offs on the melds on the table. When there's a stalemate all players get 0 points, and the game is considered a loss for all of them in the statistics. The way people handle this in real life varies greatly, but I've chosen this simple method here to avoid complications around two or more players having the same number of points etc.
Once you are done with Indian rummy game rules, taking a step further, start playing 13 card rummy game online for real cash or for free with Classicrummy website and get the best game experience.
Online Rummy Card Game Rules:
The Official rummy game rules remain same whether it is online or offline. A quick glance:
- Need to make pure sequence (a.k.a life) without joker.
- Need to have additional sequence set with joker or without joker.
- And other 2 sets can be triplet (set) or sequence with joker or without joker.
Here is the step by step process on how to play Indian rummy card game online.
Login to classic rummy website (Register - Classicrummy.com)
Once you're logged in, you'll be redirected to the lobby which is nothing but the rummy game tables
available to play. Reference Image
You can filter the tables by the game type (variants) for example: 101 & 201 Pool table, Strikes
rummy tables, Best of deals tables (2 & 3 rummy player tables).
Click on the 'Join' button & you'll see the popup which is shown in the reference image, you can confirm and join the table in order to start the game. Reference Image
If you're the first person to join the table, below are the scenarios of countdown timing.
- For 6 player table, it requires one more player to start the
countdown timer & after that you have to wait for 60 seconds count-down timer (descending order) to complete. Reference Image - For 2 player table, you need to wait for another player to start the game.
As soon as the countdown completes or rest of the players join, the game will automatically start by tossing the cards for cutting the deck of cards.
Few Things to Remember While Playing Online Classic Rummy 13 Card Game:
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Each player will be given 35 seconds + extra 15 seconds to pick & discard. If there is no action
taken, your turn will be dropped* Reference Image.
There is an option you can drop the game if you wish to. The drop feature is available only for
101, 201 pool & strikes rummy variants. And in Deals rummy (Best of 2 & 3), there is no option
to drop.
Auto Drop will happen if there is no action taken with the specified & extra time given to the
player.
There is an option to leave the table whenever you want, however you will lose the entry fee if
you like to leave in between the game. Reference Image
If you'd like to play multiple rummy games at a time, Classic Rummy has multi-table feature wherein
you can play 3 different rummy cash games in a single window. Works majorly on web / desktop version. Reference Image
This feature will help whenever there is disconnection or you drop out from the middle of a
game for some unknown reason, you can always come back & check 'My Tables' feature to rejoin if the game is still going on. Reference Image
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One click button to sort the cards by type (club, spade, diamond & heart) & by ascending order.
Upon selection of two or more cards, you'll see option to 'group'. Select the cards which you
want to group to avoid confusion.
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It's always suggested to group the cards while playing the game. This will be helpful to
reduce the points if there is any internet disconnection error. But we got you covered, take a look at our Player protection system for more.
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You'll be given 45 seconds to meld the cards. If you fail to meld the cards within the given time,
system would consider the default group that you've set while playing as the melded one and
points would be calculated accordingly.