Rummy Five Hundred
Rummy 500 against one to three computer players: take any card from the discard pile, lay down sets and runs, lay off on every meld, go out first and climb an eight-table ladder.
Rummy Five Hundred is the classic scoring version of rummy, played against one, two or three computer opponents. Everyone races to lay down melds, sets of the same rank and runs of consecutive cards in one suit, and every card on the table scores for the player who put it there. Cards left in your hand at the end of a round count against you, so you must balance big melds against dead cards.
On your turn you draw from the stock or take any card from the discard pile along with every card above it, as long as you can use the deepest card straight away. You then meld, lay off extra cards onto any meld on the table, including your opponents' melds, and discard to finish. Your hand is grouped with coloured bars so you can see melds forming, and tapping a meld with a card selected lays it off. Aces are worth 15 points, or 1 in the low run A-2-3. Opponents play at Easy, Normal and Hard levels; Hard ones track what you take and avoid feeding your melds. Win matches to climb eight tables with different targets and twists such as an out bonus, low aces and double-scoring fours of a kind, and collect chips, ranks, card backs and felts. Daily challenges add a fixed deal.
It suits rummy fans who enjoy planning ahead and big swings. Tip: study the discard pile before you take a deep stack.
How to play
Draw from the stock or take a card (and everything above it) from the discard pile, then lay down melds: sets of 3-4 of a kind or runs of 3 or more in one suit. Lay off cards on any meld and discard to end your turn. Melds score for you, cards left in hand count against you, and aces count 15 (1 in A-2-3). Go out to end the round; first to the target score wins.
Controls
- Mouse / tap: Tap the stock or a discard to draw; tap cards to select them, then MELD, LAY OFF or DISCARD; tap a meld to lay selected cards on it
- Left / Right + Space: Move along your hand and select a card
- Enter: Main action: draw, meld, lay off or discard
- D / T / L / X: Draw stock / take top discard / lay off / discard
- H: Hint (limited per match)
- P / Esc: Pause
- M: Mute
- R: Play again after a match
Category: Card games
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