Rummy Card Game
Card games are a significant part of the Indian culture and kind of a tradition when it comes to festivals in the country. As an important part of the social fabric of families and local communities, card games have remained popular despite the growing penetration of video and online gaming. Card games have used the rise of online gaming as their driver and now you can play any card game that you want, online. Playing cards first arrived on the shores of India with the Mughal Empire, introducing a game known as ‘Ganjifa’. That game is not particularly popular now but here are a few of the most popular card games in India –
Poker
If you’re a fan of James Bond, you know this one. Poker is one of the popular card games in India. Players bet based on the projected value of their hand and the opponent’s hand in this game. Poker is considered to be a game of both luck and skill, requiring players to know how to estimate the opponent’s hand, take informed risks, and bluff.
Teen Patti
Teen Patti is a simplified version of the age-old card game – Poker and is more akin to the British-inspired game, 3 Card Brag. It is played with 3 to 6 players. In the game, the participants all place their minimum stakes in a pot that is placed in the middle of the table. To win the game you have to stay in the game the longest and have the highest-ranking hand. This game is also known as “Indian flash”.
Bridge
Played with 13 cards from a single deck, this trick game is among the most common card games in the world. It involves 4 players divided into 2 teams; of which the partners sit opposite each other. There are bridge tournaments that happen across the world and millions of players participate in the same.
Satte pe Satta
This game is played with 3 to 8 players and a pack of 52 cards. Usually, each player is allotted cards equally. The game has rules about which card can be discarded, depending on the card that was discarded by the previous playerThe game is also known as Fan Tan, Dominoes, or Parliament. The player with the 7 of hearts begins the game while those next to him can only play with 6/8 hearts. The game continues until one person has zero cards and he is the winner.
Bluff
This card game is played between 3 to 10 players and uses single or multiple decks of cards. The game is also known as Cheat, Bullshit, B.S., Bluff, or I Doubt It. It is a card game where the players aim to get rid of all of their cards. The winner is the player who reaches zero cards first.
MendiKot
MendiKot is a card game that involves 4 players who form a team of 2 each using a standard 52 card deck. Your aim in this game is to collect the maximum number of 10-value cards.
13 Card Indian Rummy
2 – 6 Players
13 Cards per player
Rummy is a traditional card game of India. 13-Card Indian rummy is played between 2 to 6 players using 1 or 2 decks. Every deck has 1 or 2 printed jokers. Each player is dealt with 13 cards and to win the game, a player has to make a valid show which includes at least 2 sequences, one of which has to be a pure sequence. The remaining can be grouped into sequences and sets.
10 Card Indian Rummy
2 – 6 Players
10 Cards per player
10-card Indian rummy is played between 2 to 6 players using 1 or 2 decks. Every deck has 1 or 2 printed jokers. Each player is dealt with 10 cards in this game. To win the game, you have to have a valid show which includes at least 1 pure sequence while the remaining cards can be arranged in sequences and sets. Strategies, points calculation, etc., remain the same as 13-card rummy games.
21 Card Indian Rummy
2 – 6 Players
21 Cards per player
It is played between 2 to 6 players who are dealt 21 cards each. This format uses 3 decks. In this game, we also have an upper and lower joker. These can be used in place of any other card to make a sequence or set. To win the game, players have to make 3 Pure Sequences OR 3 Tunnelas in separate groups OR 8 Dublees in separate groups OR 8 Jokers in a single group, and the rest of the cards can be arranged in sets or sequences.
27 Card Indian Rummy
2 – 3 Players
27 Cards per player
It’s played between 2 to 5 players who are dealt 27 cards each. This format uses 3 decks. In this game, we also have 2 up and 2 down Jokers apart from the standard set of printed and wildcard jokers. These can be used in place of any other card to make a sequence or set. To win the game, you have to make 4 Pure Sequences OR 4 Tunnelas in separate groups OR 10 Dublees in separate groups OR 10 Jokers in a single group, and the rest of the cards can be arranged in sets or sequences.
