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HOW TO PLAY - NUMBER RUMMY - GAME
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THE GAMES:
There are two
distinct games in your Number Rummy set. Each game consists of one
deck of 56 cards. The first deck is the Addition/Subtraction
Number Rummy Game designed for ages 7 and up. The second deck is
the more advanced Multiplication/Division Number Rummy Game designed for
ages 9 and up. Although both games are independent of each other,
the rules for play remain the same.
THE OBJECT:
The object of the
Number Rummy game is to match two cards of equal numerical value.
Three examples of an Addition/Subtraction match are 7 + 5 with 12; 12
with 12; and 7 + 5 with 18 - 6. Three examples of a
Multiplication/Division match are 2x2 with 4; 8/2 with 4; and 2x2
with 8/2.
GAME PLAY:
The dealer (chosen
randomly) deals 8 cards to each player, and places the remaining cards
symbol side up in the center of the table forming the "deck". The
play begins with the player on the dealer's left and continues
clockwise. The first player picks the top card from the deck and
puts it in his/her hand. If the player has a match (as defined
above), he/she lays the two cards number side up on the table in front
of him/her. The player may lay down more than one match if he/she
has more than one in his/her hand. (However, a match can only
contain two cards.) The player then discards one card from his/her
hand creating the discard pile, and may not lay down any more cards
until his/her next turn. (Players must discard one card every play
whether or not he/she can lay down a match.) Discards are always
to be laid down face up. The second player picks either the top
card from the deck or the top card on the discard pile, and proceeds as
the first player. The game continues in this manner until one
player wins by discarding his/her last card. If the deck is
exhausted before anyone has won, turn the discard pile over and it
becomes the deck.
ALTERNATIVE GAME
PLAY:
In order to
determine which player will play first, players randomly select cards
from the deck (one at a time) and continue to do so until a player
selects a card that equals, or is, an 8. This player begins the
game. The second player will be the player to the left of the
first player and play continues clockwise.
Place all 56 cards,
one at a time, on the playing surface with the symbols side up.
The cards should be laid out in 8 rows of 7 cards. The first
player turns over any two cards without changing their position on the
playing surface. If the two cards are a match (as defined above),
the player removes the two cards and places them number side up creating
a "match pile". The same player continues in the same manner until
he/she turns over two cards that are not a match. When the two
cards are not a match, they are returned, symbols side up, exactly where
they were before being turned over. Then the next player turns
over two cards and proceeds in the same manner.
After all cards are
removed from the playing surface, the winner is the player whose "match
pile" contains the most cards.
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