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
Penang Rummy a "passport". Note that Penang Rummy or Si Rummy does not have the action of drawing a card or discarding unwanted cards. This is the distinctive feature of this Rummy variant. If a player has 3 or more cards that meet the criteria of a "run" or a "set" below, he may meld by laying these cards, face up, in front of him. The melds are like typical Rummy games: A player may also choose to "lay off" some cards on an existing meld. This means that if a player can add to a run or a set that is