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Due to a constant demand for the last three years, I have finally made the rule for Rummoli available. Please note these are© Irwin Toy, and are not intended for distributing. I offer this just as a service for all of you who cleaned up their garage and found this old game and wondered how it was played.
This game is now available again.
Rummoli - bilingual $8.95 Can
just click on the box to add to your basket.
Start:
Players cut to determine the dealer - Ace is high. Counters are divided evenly among the players. Each player places a counter on each of the nine sections of the play-sheet. The dealer deals all the cards, one at a time, face down, dealing an extra hand which is known as the "Widow". Some players may have more cards than others. This does not matter.
The dealer's hand may be exchanged for the "Widow". The "Widow" hand may not be looked at before exchange is made. If the dealer does not take the "Widow", it may be auctionned to the highest bidder. The dealer keeps the proceeds of this auction. The "Widow" must be accepted even if it turns out to be a poorer hand. The hand exchanged for the "Widow" is now dead, and not used at all in the play. It should be placed face down so that the cards are not known to any other player.
Method of play:
Players select five cards from their hands to form the most powerful poker hand. For the time being, the remainer of the cards are laid aside, face down.
This part of the game may be played two ways and the players should agree beforehand which is to be used:
Method 1: Players show their poker hands on the table face up. The player with the greatest poker value takes all chips in the "Poker Pot".
Method 2: players bet and raise the bet as in a regular poker game. Bets are placed in the "Poker Pot". The player who forces all the players out of the game or who has the best poker hand when hands are shown takes all counters in the "Poker Pot". Players already out may not take the pot even if they held better hands than those shown later.
Rummy play:
The players now pick up the cards they laid aside for the Poker Play and arrange their entire original hand including the poker hand in suits. The winner of the Poker hand leads off with the lowest card, face up, and calls it aloud. Play passes to the left and the player having the next consecutive card or cards in the same suit plays it or them face up. Play continues in this manner until the ace of the suit has been played or until the continuity of play is broken by a card being in the dead hand.
A suit is closed when the ace is played or blocked when the next card is in the dead hand. When this occurs, the player who played the last card leads off with the lowest card in a different couloured suit. Play continues until all suits have been run out.If a deadlock occurs, that is if no player is able to change the colour of the suit, the hand is finished and players must place one chip in the "Rummoli" section for each card left in their hands.
Pay cards:
There are seven spaces marked with cards or combination of cards. The player who lays down one of these cards or combination collects the chips on the similarly marked space.
The chips on the "Rummoli" space are claimed by the first player to get rid of all cards. This marks the end of one full hand. All other players pay the winner one chip for each card left in their respective hands.
The deal passes to the left. At the start of each new hand each player places another chip on each of the nine spaces on the play-sheet.Chips not claimed at the end of a hand are allowed to accumulate from hand to hand until won.
To end the game:
At the end of the game, all remaining chips on the play-sheet go to one player. This may be done by cutting the pack; the high cards takes all chips, or by dealing to each player a standard poker hand (5 cards); the best poker hand takes all chips.
© Irwin Toy.
