Rules for Playing 3-13 Family Card Game
Three-Thirteen – Playing the Game for Two to Eight People
Aug 5, 2009
This version of rummy is for two or more players, for every two players that are added, shuffle in an additional deck. In each of the 11 hands there are a different amount of cards dealt and different wild cards (coinciding with the number of cards dealt).The object of the game is to form sets and runs and lay them on the table. Cards left in a player's hand after the end of the hand score against him.
Dealing and Wild Cards for 3-13
In each of the 11 rounds there is a wild card. The wild card coincides with the number of cards dealt. In the first round, three cards are dealt and threes are wild. In the second round, four cards are dealt and fours are wild. This goes along progressively (in the next round, five cards are dealt and fives are wild) up to Thirteen cards being dealt. In the round that eleven cards are dealt, Jacks are wild. In the next round twelve cards are dealt and Queens are wild and on the last round, thirteen cards are dealt and Kings are wild. After the cards are dealt, the pile is turned over in the middle of the table and it becomes the stock pile. Remove one card from the top of the pile and place it face up next to the stock pile. This is the discard pile.
Game Play for 3-13
To play, the first person picks a card, either from the face-down stock pile or from the discard pile. The card can be placed in the player's hand or discarded. Any time after picking up a card and before discarding he can meld any groups or sequences that he has formed and play off any cards in his opponents played cards, laying the cards on the table in front of him. Sets (or groups or trios) are three of the same value card such as three sevens (7, 7, 7). Runs (or sequences) are four cards of the same suit that run in succession with one another such as 3,4,5, and 6 of spades. Aces are either a high card or a low card, therefore they can either start or end a sequence, but they cannot be located in the middle of a sequence. The player's turn ends with his discard.
Playing Off of Another Players Meld
Playing off another players melded cards, is done by a player comparing the cards in his hand to those that other players have grouped and played on the table in front of them. If she finds that she has a card that could be added to those already played, that card can be put on the table as well. For instance, if a player's opponent had a group of three 10s and the player had a 10 in her hand, she could put the 10 down on the table and it counts as part of the group. This can only be done if the player has already played (melded) other cards of her own.
Scoring the 3-13 Card Game
Play continues until one player has used all of his cards. Scoring is done by adding up cards that are left in each player's hand. A = 15 points, 2 through 9 = 5 points, 10 through K = 10 points. The player with the least amount of points after the last hand wins.
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