Pits (card game) Pits (card game) Pits is a five player card game, a cross between whist and rummy, with the objective of playing all your cards first. It is played with a 54 card pack (4 suits and 2 jokers). Threes are low, Aces high, Twos even higher and Jokers highest. Once all the cards are dealt (the dealer getting 10, the others 11), the dealer plays a meld; one of a singleton, "n" of a kind, a run of 3 or more singletons or a run of three or more "n" of a kinds. For example a run of 4 pairs
German Rummy by melding and/or laying off and, if need be, placing his last card face down ("verdeckt") on the discard pile, while announcing "Rommé" - to signify the end of the game - wins the game. All the remaining players receive as many minus points as they have card points in their hand. The main differences between German Rummy and Basic Rummy (according to Parlett) are: German Rummy is very similar in these respects to the Italian variant, . German Rummy German Rummy or Rommé ( or "Rommé mit Auslegen") is the most popular form of the worldwide game, Rummy, played