Five Crowns (game) with more players if the cards from 2 sets are mixed together. The game is played over 11 rounds, similar to the rummy style game Three Thirteen. In the first round, 3 cards are dealt to each player. In the second round, 4 cards are dealt to each player, and so on until round 11 where 13 cards are dealt to each player. As in the game Three Thirteen, players create sets or runs of 3 or more, using the Jokers and the current round's wild card as wilds. Each round has a different wild card (the 3's in the
Viennese Rummy knocker or rummy caller wins the so-called "knock money", i.e. a chip from all other participants still in play. Furthermore, for each player the negative points ("Schlechtpunkte") received in this game are noted and added cumulatively. Once a player has accumulated 101 or more points, they are eliminated; if all but one player is eliminated, the remaining player wins the pot and the game is over. If a player has already accumulated over 81 but not yet 101 negative points, he may 'buy himself back' into the pot by contributing an additional five chips and reducing his bad point score