Rummy 500

How to play Rummy 500

Rummy 500 (also called 500 Rum) is for two players here: you and the computer. Each of you gets 13 cards. The next card is turned up to start the discard pile, which is spread out so you can see every card in it.

• On your turn, draw the top card of the stock, or take any card in the discard pile together with all the cards above it.
• If you take from the discard pile, you must meld the deepest card you took during that same turn.
• Melds are sets of three or four cards of the same rank (three 8s) and runs of three or more cards in a row in one suit (5, 6, 7 of hearts). An Ace can be low (A, 2, 3) or high (Q, K, A), but not both at once.
• You can lay off cards on any meld on the table, yours or the computer's: a fourth 8 on a set of 8s, or the 8 of hearts on a run that ends with the 7.
• End your turn by discarding one card.
• The hand ends when someone has no cards left, or when the stock runs out at a player's draw.
• Each player scores the cards they melded or laid off, less the cards left in their hand. Aces count 15 (5 in an A-2-3 run), 10s and picture cards 10, and the rest their number.
• The first player to 500 wins.

To meld, tap the cards in your hand to choose them, then choose Meld. To lay off, choose one card, then tap the meld it goes on. A gray line under a card on the table means the computer put it there. There's no Undo, because you're playing against the computer.

Keyboard

Tab moves between the stock, the discard pile, the melds and your cards. Enter or Space draws, chooses a card or lays it off. H shows a hint and Escape clears your choice.