<P> Rummy is a group of matching card games notable for similar gameplay based on matching cards of the same rank or sequence and same suit . The basic goal in any form of rummy is to build melds which consists of sets , three or four of a kind of the same rank ; or runs , three or more cards in sequence , of the same suit . You can also have mixed runs in all types of rummy so long as all 7 cards are in order . The original form of rummy is called Sai rummy , Straight Rummy , Standard Rummy , Traditional Rummy , or Basic rummy . The Mexican game of Conquian is considered by games scholar David Parlett to be ancestral to all rummy games , which itself is derived from a Chinese game called Khanhoo and , going even further back , Mahjong . The Rummy principle of drawing and discarding with a view to melding appears in Chinese card games at least in the early 19th century and perhaps as early as the 18th century and is , in fact , the essence of Mah - jong . Rummy is also very popular in India . It is most likely that Indian Rummy is an extension of Gin Rummy and Rummy 500 which originated from the USA . It is played with 13 cards , one or two decks , two or more players and with or without jokers . </P>
<P> Rummy is a group of matching card games notable for similar gameplay based on matching cards of the same rank or sequence and same suit . The basic goal in any form of rummy is to build melds which consists of sets , three or four of a kind of the same rank ; or runs , three or more cards in sequence , of the same suit . You can also have mixed runs in all types of rummy so long as all 7 cards are in order . The original form of rummy is called Sai rummy , Straight Rummy , Standard Rummy , Traditional Rummy , or Basic rummy . The Mexican game of Conquian is considered by games scholar David Parlett to be ancestral to all rummy games , which itself is derived from a Chinese game called Khanhoo and , going even further back , Mahjong . The Rummy principle of drawing and discarding with a view to melding appears in Chinese card games at least in the early 19th century and perhaps as early as the 18th century and is , in fact , the essence of Mah - jong . Rummy is also very popular in India . It is most likely that Indian Rummy is an extension of Gin Rummy and Rummy 500 which originated from the USA . It is played with 13 cards , one or two decks , two or more players and with or without jokers . </P>
how many cards in a run in rummy
how many cards in a run in rummy
three or more cards
three or more cards