


He takes the ♣10 from the first meld and slides it onto the second meld, making it ♣10- ♣J- ♣Q- ♣K. Players rid themselves of cards by adding to the existing melds or by rearranging the cards such that they are able to rid one or more cards from their hands.Įxample: On the table are the melds ♥10- ♠10- ♣10- ♥10 and ♣J- ♣Q- ♣K. None of the melds on the table are 'owned' by any one player all melds are available to all players. At this point, players are only required to draw one card from the draw pile if they cannot play. The game continues like this until the first meld is placed on the table. If he still cannot meld after he has drawn the maximum of three cards, he knocks on the table to indicate that his turn is finished, and play passes to his left. If he cannot do so, he must draw up to three cards, trying after each draw to meld. (There will be no discard pile.) Play: Beginning with the person to the left of the dealer, each player tries to meld at least three cards from his hand. Place the remaining cards face-down on the table as a draw pile. The object is to rid oneself of the cards in one's hand by melding and by rearranging existing melds to accommodate one's cards. Manipulation is played with two decks of standard playing cards with the jokers removed. The rules for Gin Rummy, Hollywood Gin, and Oklahoma Gin are also available. In this game, based on Rummy (Manipulation is also known as Manipulation Rummy), melds played on the table can be rearranged as long as the player doing so adds at least one new card. Here you will find the rules to the manipulation rummy game, Shanghai, as well as links to other fun rummy card games.
