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 Viennese Rummy Viennese Rummy () is a matching card game of the Rummy family for 2-6 people played in continental Europe. Unlike German Rummy, sets and runs of cards are not melded but collected in the player's hand until he is able either to declare "Rummy" and lay his hand on the table or to "knock" ("klopfen") and meld all cards except for low-scoring 'deadwood'. Hence its other name of Rummy without Melding ("Rommé ohne Auslegen"). Viennese Rummy is played with two packs of French playing cards of 52 cards and one joker each, making a total of 106 cards.