Rummy is the melding game that started it all. Unlike Gin Rummy, you lay your melds face-up on the table as you make them and can add to melds already down. The goal is simple: be the first to get rid of every card in your hand. Free here against the computer, no signup.
How to play Rummy
On your turn you draw a card, optionally lay down any valid melds — sets of matching ranks or runs of the same suit — and may lay off cards onto melds already on the table, yours or your opponent's. Then you discard. The first player to meld or lay off their entire hand goes out and wins the round, scoring the deadwood left in the other player's hand. Because melds are public, Rummy is more open and social than Gin.
Rummy strategy
Hold back a moment before laying everything down — cards on the table can be extended by your opponent too. Watch what they discard and lay off, keep a low-value hand in case they go out first, and look for the lay-off that empties your hand in a single turn. For a bigger, scoring-driven version, try 500 Rum.