CalicuteRummy

TURN ACTIONS

Each turn consists of the following parts:

1. Drawing
   The player must begin by taking one card from either the top of the Stockpile (without showing it to other players), or from the top card on the discard pile, and adding it to his/her hand.
2. Melding or Laying off.
   When possible, the player could do some of the following:
   • Melding
     If the player has a valid group or sequence in his hand, he may lay one such combination face up on the table. The player can meld one or more combinations in a turn. Melding is optional; players are not obliged to meld, even if they can.
   • Laying off
     The player could add cards to groups or sequences already melded on the table. There is no limit to the number of cards a player may lay off in one turn. Identically to melding, laying off is optional; players are not obliged to do it even if they can.
3. Discarding
   At the end of the turn, the player must discard one card from his hand and place it on top of the discard pile face-up:
   • When in this turn the player took a card from the discard pile it is not allowed to discard it in the same turn. It is allowed to discard the card in the next turn.
   • It is allowed to discard the card that was taken in the same turn from the Stock.
   • When after discarding there are no more cards in the player’s hand, the player becomes a winner.

ROUND SCORE

The first player who remains without cards wins the round. When this happens, the values of the cards that remained are added to the hands of the losing player. This is the number of points the winner scores for the round.

If you plan your turns carefully, you can win a round with Rummy, thus scoring twice more points. To announce Rummy, during your last turn you meld or lay off all your cards (except one), and then you discard your last card. Consider that you can only do this if you haven’t melded or laid off any card in your previous turns.

When the round ends because the stock was exhausted for a second time, the winner would be the player whose hand has the lowest value. In this case, the value of the losing hands is reduced with the value of the winner’s hand. Then values calculated this way are added – this is the number of points scored by the winner. For example, assume player’s hand values are 6 (Alice), 15 (Bob), 7 (Carol), and 21 (Dan). Alice is the winner. The value of the losing hands is reduced by 6, so they are 9, 1, and 15 (respectively). Alice scores 25 points.