Shanghai Rummy
Shanghai is a Manipulation Rummy game very mush like Carousel. Notethat there is another game using the Shanghai name, Shanghai Rummy,which is a form of Contract Rummy. Understanding the rules of Carouselwill help with learning this game. For the most part, only the differences aredescribed here.
In shanghai rummy there are 10 rounds of play each game. Each round 11 cards are dealt to each player and the rest of the deck forms the stock pile. After the deal the top card of the stock pile is turned face up, this is the first card of the discard pile The »contracts« for each round go like this. May 26, 2020 Shanghai rummy is a part of the bigger »contract rummy« family. This means that you play a set number of rounds and you have to fulfill your contracts in order to lay down melds.
The Finangle game is very similar to this game, and they can each bethought of as a variation of the other.
Players: The game can be played by 3-5 players; 4 or 5 players make the bestgame.
The Deck: Use 2 52-card decks of cards, with no Jokers. The Ace is alwayslow.
The Deal: The dealer deals each player 10 cards in batches of 3, 3, 3 and 1.The undealt cards are placed face down to form the reserve stock. In subsequenthands, deal passes to the left.
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer, and continuingclockwise, each player in turn plays cards from hand to the table. Cards playedmust be melded using standard Sets and Runs.
A player can create melds by providing all the necessary cards from his hand,(in which case he would have to play at least 3 cards from his hand), and/or canadd cards to a meld already on the table.
As in Carousel the melds already on the table can be rearranged into newmelds, to help the played get play cards in their hand into the new melds. Inthis game the manipulation of the existing melds is called the 'Shangai'. Aplayer may freely rearrange the melds on the table so long as, upon completionof the player's turn, all cards on the table are formed in legal melds.
A player who can meld one or more cards must do so. You do not necessarily haveto meld all the cards that you can, but if you are able to meld you must putdown at least one card, and the turn then passes to the next player.
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A player who does not hold any cards that can be successfully melded must drawthe top card from the face-down stock. If this card enables him to play he mustdo so; if not, he draws further cards from the stock until he can play. As soonas he can play, he does so, and the turn passes to the next player.
In other words, you must meld if you are able to. If you cannot meld you drawcards one at a time from the stock until you can. As soon as you are able to youmust stop drawing and meld.
As soon as a player plays (melds) his last card(s), the hand is over.
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Scoring: The player who went out scores zero points. All other players score1 point for each card left in their hand. There is no set ending to the game -you just continue until the players agree to stop and settle up for (say) anickel a point.