Official Rumasta Rules

Adding a Frozen Discard to Your Meld

With two qualifying natural proof cards in hand, you may add a frozen pile's top discard and those proof cards to a matching meld on your own or your team's table. The app asks first: add to that meld, start a new meld, or cancel.
For a set, use two matching natural cards; for a run, use the natural-card proof described below. Dead cards and wild top cards still cannot be picked up.

2–6 players, individually or in teams.
Score points by forming Canastas (sets) and Rumastas (runs) over multiple rounds.
Each round ends when a player goes out or the draw pile is gone.
When a player or team reaches 5,000 points, finish the round. The highest score at or over 5,000 wins.

Shuffle all cards together (three decks).
Player 1 cuts, aiming for exactly the cards needed for every hand plus two discards — no counting. A perfect cut earns +100.
Player 2 deals 11 cards each for teams, 14 each for individuals.
Two cards go face up as two discard piles; the rest is the Draw Pile.
Player 3 goes first. The cutting player changes each round.

A · Take one discard pile: prove immediately that you can meld its top card, then take the whole pile. Automatically draw 2 additional cards from the Draw Pile — this is required, not optional.
B · Take both discard piles: prove two separate melds, one per top card, with at least two matching cards in hand for each. No Draw Pile cards this turn.
C · Draw 4 cards from the Draw Pile.
Turns end by discarding two cards — one to each pile.

Only the top card of a pile can prove a meld. Show the matching cards and meld immediately — no holding for later.
Prove a new run with two consecutive natural cards: both before the discard, one on each side, or both after. Wilds cannot replace those proof cards, but may fill other positions in the meld. Example: take a 4 with natural 5/6/7/9 and Jokers for 8 and 10.
For a set, prove with two matching natural cards. Wilds may be added elsewhere, with more naturals than wilds.
On your first meld of the round, only the top discard card may come from the pile.
If you've already melded, you can take a discard that matches your set or run without proving from your hand — unless the pile is frozen.

Safe (cannot be picked up): Black 3s, dead cards (closed Canasta), 2s and Jokers.
Wild cards (Jokers & 2s) sit perpendicular and freeze the pile: you need two cards in your hand to pick it up.
Discard one Joker: safe, and play reverses (clockwise ↔ counter-clockwise).
Discard two Jokers: a Khaki discard — play reverses AND the next player is skipped. With 2 players, it's your turn again.

Khakied: both piles can't be picked up — draw 5 cards.
Half-Khakied: one pile can't be picked up — you may roll the Dreidel, but then can't take the other pile.
Nun: draw 3 · Gimel: take 1 random card from an opponent and draw 4 · Hey: draw 6 · Shin: an opponent takes 1 random card from you and you draw 4.

When you lay down a Black Three you must say “I love you” (in the app: hit the ❤️ Heart).
If an opponent calls you out first, your Red Threes in play go to them.
The chance ends at the next action.

Initial meld minimum by current score: 0–1,500 → 50 · 1,501–2,500 → 90 · 2,501+ → 120.
Canasta: 7 matching cards — 600 clean, 300 with wilds.
Rumasta: 7 in sequence, same color, suit doesn't matter. Order A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 — 500 clean, 300 with wilds.
Always more natural cards than wild cards.
Switch out wilds: replace a wild in any meld with the correct natural card, take the wild, and the natural goes to the meld's owner.

Red Threes: lay down immediately and draw a replacement. 100 each only if you have a Canasta or Rumasta; all six score 1,200.
Black Threes can't go in Canastas or Rumastas (except a set of Black Threes when going out).

Complete four Canastas and/or Rumastas, use every card in your hand, and discard one card to each pile. +100 bonus.

Step 1 · Base: Canastas, Rumastas, eligible Red Threes, Going Out, Perfect Cut.
Step 2 · Add the points of every card laid down on the board.
Step 3 · Subtract the points of every card left in hand — even if your team went out.
Card values: Ace 20 · 2 20 · Joker 50 · K–8 10 · 7–4 and Black 3 5 · Red 3 100 (Step 1 only).