In broad-spectrum, there are many variants of the game itself. Nonetheless, the main objective of the rummy card game remains the same – to match up cards accordingly in sets of runs or what we call melds and avoid deadwoods (these are cards that cannot form a set or just simply single cards that does not belong). Some of the games are quite popular than others. A few don’t spark interest by many, while some are well-liked by most people.

Like ice cream, majority of us simply crave for the chocolate favor. That’s what statistics say anyway. But in general, most of us just want choices. In the process, we re-create things and innovate according to our taste. That’s why games emerge from one twist to another.

Rummy card game has a lot of twists and turns. Rules vary from one game to another. You’ll go crazy if you keep track of each game. Well, it would make me one that’s for sure! That is why individuals have personal choices.

I remember way back, I went online one time to chill out and play with one of the players; who like me, wants “live” players and he kept going and on and on about how he likes gin better. Whining about what makes it great and asking me my views. For all I knew, I was almost out of money because I wasn’t able to concentrate (we were playing just plain rummy card game, by the way, best of 3 games takes all). And there I go “boom!” he took my stash with him, great strategy huh?

Anyway, here are some of the widely played games:

1. Gin
2. Canasta (Classic Canasta, American Canasta, Canasta for 6 players, Canasta for 2-3 players)
3. Oklahoma Gin (a favorite Vegas card game)
4. Mahjong (Chinese tile game)
5. Kalooki (Kalooki 51, Kalooki 40)
6. Rummykub
7. Anarchy
8. Phase 10
9. Rumino
10. Shanghai Rum
11. Ten Step
12. Three Thirteen
13. Zigity
14. Zioncheck
15. Bing, Continental, Contract, Dummy, Florida, Michigan, Liverpool, Progressive,  Omar and Robber’s “Rummy”