Robbers' rummy new ones. This makes it "much more exciting and engaging than any other [Rummy] variant...". Danyliuk describes it as "a fun, but difficult, variant of Rummy." The aim of Robber's Rummy is to be the first player to discard all the cards in hand by forming melds and placing them on table. Robbers' rummy is played using two standard 52-card French decks, and 2 to 6 jokers. Initially, each player is dealt 11 to 13 cards from the shuffled deck, whose remainder, called the "stock" is placed face-down on the table. The goal of each player is to reduce the
Viennese Rummy only "five" or fewer card points in deadwood (cards left unmelded in the hand ), he can knock. He then reveals his hand as in a rummy call and announces his deadwood score. The other players do the same, but unlike a rummy call, they can try to improve their hand by drawing and discarding a card if they knock. They may not touch other players' cards. Viennese Rummy is usually played in 'rubbers'. One rubber consists of several individual games. Before a game begins, each player contributes five chips to the pot ("Pot" or "Pulle"). After each game, the