Rummy is an exciting collection of matching-card game, famous for same match or equal cards and same rank, often with some additional rules. The key objective in any version of rummy is to construct melds that are composed of pairs, of the same rank, or even one of each rank, of the same Suit. The object of winning is by forming the strongest combination of cards that gets them all to the winning position. Rules variations for this game have been designed with the intention of making it challenging and interesting and to encourage people to employ their creative abilities and to think critically.

To play, the player assumes the role of one of several characters, called Rummy Jack, who competes against the Rummy God, known as The Joker, for the ownership of the Kingdom. There are various levels of difficulties. The basic game has the character Jack defending against the attacks of The Joker with help from some loyal friends, who also do the defending. The group can consist of Jack, some supporters and some henchmen or assistants. The aim is generally to defend the King from the attacks of The Joker.

Rummy starts with the cards dealt in a particular order. The tenth card is called the Ace and the other cards go around the table clockwise, starting with the Ace. Players start with ten points and lose ten points if they manage to eliminate a character before all the other players. Players can earn extra points by making the other players drop from their original numbers and picking the Ace from a different suit than the rest. At the end, the player with the most points wins.

A number of variations are used in the game of rummy games. Two of these include the Texas Holdem and the Caribbean rummy games. The rules for each depend on the type of game being played. In the Texas holdem, as one might expect, there are certain betting rules that one has to follow. The other involves bidding, with each player putting in bids, similar to the board game bingo. And in the Caribbean rummy game, luck is important, since a player receives bonus points for winning a game when other players have a low number of cards, just like in the version of Monopoly.

Rummy can be played with a deck of cards containing fifty-two cards, one for each player. Some rummy games may have three decks of cards, but the rules for playing will usually remain the same. Sometimes the rummy deck can consist of one hundred cards and sometimes it can consist of two hundred cards. The number of cards used in a game of rummy normally depends on the version of the game being played.

The last part of rummy, which involves dealing out action and reactions to cards dealt to players, is known as the rummoli phase. During the rummoli phase, players receive two cards face down and are given ten cards to deal with. Players who receive five cards face down are required to pass around the cards and determine what actions to make. This is the point where a player can either do anything with the rummoli or pass the round back to the drawing phase. A player can also choose to discard any rummoli cards from their hand and start a new round.