When doing so, a player will lay the melded card down in front of him/her and indicate the meld it is being added to. Players are also allowed to meld cards onto other players’ melds.

Players take turns drawing, melding if wanted/possible, and discarding. Any card can be drawn from the discard pile, but all the cards on top of the drawn discard must also be taken. Players will discard in a way that allows every player to see all the cards in the discard pile. A player’s turn ends with the player discarding one card. After drawing, a player can lay down any melds if wanted/possible. Game PlayĪ player’s turn begins by the player either drawing from the deck or drawing from the discard pile. A meld is a set of three or four cards with the same rank or a run of three or more cards in the same suit. The objective of the game is to be the first player to play all his or her cards into melds. The top card of the remaining deck is flipped up to start the discard pile. Two players = 13 cards each three to eight players = 7 cards each 52 card deck for two to four players (additional deck for five to eight players) two to eight players, pen and paper for scorekeeping Deal

Gin 13 card game