Introduction to gin rummy game online
Multiplayer online Gin rummy is offered at GameColony.com since September 5, 2000.
At GameColony.com, online gin rummy is played by two players with a standard 52-card pack. The players can choose the maximum points for a game (from 50 to 300). In 100 points game, the game is won by the 1-st player who reaches 100 points which may take several deals (hands).
Cards rank A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J Q K where ace ‘A’ costs 1 point, subsequent cards cost their nominal value up to 10, however Jack, Queen, King cost also 10 points each.
The object of the game is to collect sets of 3 or more cards that ‘go together’, either being of the same rank, like all sevens, or forming a sequence of the same suit – like 7,8,9 of hearts. Such matching collections of cards are called melds.
At the end, whatever cards are left in player’s hand that are NOT in melds, are called deadwood. Deadwood incurs penalties equivalent to the sum of their values. In the course of the game, players would try to discard unwanted cards and collect cards that would form melds.