Gin Rummy Offline Card Game

Gin rummy offline or simple gin, is a 2-player card game free variant of 500 rummy. It has enjoyed widespread popularity as both a social and a gambling game, especially during the mid-twentieth century. It remains one of today's most popular 2 player card games. Faster than the standard classic rummy 500 but less spontaneous than knock rummy. The best card game considers the game of Conquian to be gin rummy's forerunner.

Gin rummy is played using a standard deck of 52 cards. The ranking from high to low is King, Queen, Blackjack 2 Ace. The objective in gin rummy is to be the first to reach an agreed-upon score, usually 100 points.

The basic game strategy is to improve one's hand by forming melds and eliminating deadwood. Gin solitaire has two types of meld: Sets of three or four cards sharing the same rank; and runs or sequences of three or more cards in the same suit. Deadwood cards are those not in any meld. Aces are considered low. A player can form any combination of melds within their hand; all sets, all runs, or some sets and some runs.

The deadwood count is the sum of the point values of the deadwood cards. Aces are scored at one point, face cards at 10, and others according to their numerical values. Intersecting melds is not allowed; if a player has a three-card set and a three-card run sharing a common card, only one of the melds counts, and the other two cards count as deadwood. For example; within the five cards, the seven diamonds can be included in the set or included in the run, but it cannot be included in both.

Big 2 Gin: A player holding a gin hand may also choose to continue the round instead of revealing it, in hopes of attaining an 11-card Big Gin hand as follows. If a player draws or takes a card that can be used to form melds with the 10 cards already held, the player declares Big Gin, and the hand ends. That player scores a Big Gin bonus (typically 31 points) plus the defending player's deadwood count; that player may not lay off any cards.

Scoring: Aces are scored at 1 point, face cards at 10, and all other cards are scored at their numerical values. The number of points awarded for bonuses may vary from region to region. No matter what the bonus amounts are,

Straight gin: players are required to play until one of them can go gin. Knocking is not allowed. Scoring and rules remain the same as standard gin rummy.

Mahjong gin: Similar to straight gin, knocking is not allowed. However, more than one card may be taken, in order, from the top of the discard pile. If more than one card is taken, the lowest position card taken must be used in a hand. Cards are shown to the table, with opponents being able to add on to straights of the same suit or finish a three-of-a-kind with the fourth card for points. After a player has gin, points are added, with cards on the table being added up and cards in hand being subtracted.

Oklahoma gin: In this version of gin rummy, the value of the first upcard is used to determine the maximum count at which players can knock. If the upcard is a spade, the hand will count double. In this variation, it is possible to knock any of the cards from the discard pile as long as you put down a suit or pair.

In another version of this variation (mostly in match play) and in Hollywood gin, a second deck of cards will be used to determine the knock value of a hand. The knock value card will be dealt from the bottom and turned over on top. The above rules apply but both players are dealt ten cards with the last-hand winner picking first from the deck. Tedesco gin: Similar to Oklahoma gin, except aces can be used high or low, and runs can be formed around the corner.

Single match: the players will continue to play rounds until one player has 100 points or 500 rummy. Multi-match: In multiplay games, match scores are reset to zero with the start of each match, while game scores accumulate until a predetermined winning score reaches 500 rummy points.