Gin Rummy
One hand of Gin Rummy against another Tamagotchi. Take a card, throw one away, and meld your hand into runs and sets; knock when your deadwood is low.
Can be drawn when your Tamagotchi becomes an adult. Cannot start while sleeping or sick.
On screen
Buttons
| Button | Action |
|---|---|
| A | Point at the deck or the pile. Then: move along your hand (it wraps round; hold to slide), or carry the card you picked up. |
| B | Point at the deck or the pile. Then: move along your hand the other way, or carry the card you picked up. |
| C | Take the card you point at. Then: pick a card up or put it down; hold C to discard it. On the fist: knock. |
| D | Put your hand away to see the table (A, B or C brings it back). Pressed again: CANCEL? YES stops the game (no points). |
How to play
Each player is dealt 10 cards and one card is turned up to start the discard pile; you go first. On your turn take the top of the pile or a card from the deck, then discard one (never the card you just took, from the deck or the pile). Melds are runs of three or more in one suit (ace low) and sets of three or four of a number; brackets mark melds among neighbouring cards in your hand, so pick cards up and carry them to arrange it. Every other card is deadwood: aces 1, picture cards 10, the rest their number. Your deadwood shows at the left. When a discard would leave 10 or less, a fist waits past the right end of your hand: C there knocks. The hands are laid out, the other player lays off what it can on the knocker's melds, and the lower deadwood wins the difference. No deadwood at all is gin: 25 more, and nothing can be laid off. If the other player has no more deadwood than the knocker it undercuts, winning 25 more. If the deck runs down to 2 cards first, nobody wins. The opponent knocks once its deadwood is 7 or less. Score: what you win; a game you lose still earns a few points.
Points
| Score | Points earned |
|---|---|
| 0 | 20 points |
| 1–9 | 100 points |
| 10–19 | 150 points |
| 20–29 | 220 points |
| 30–44 | 300 points |
| 45 | 400 points |
Points are added when the game ends, before the pile of cash drops. See Points for what they buy.