Just Cards

Play card games together on a virtual table. Everyone joins on their own phone, with private hands and a shared table that stays in sync.

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Rename saved games or use Remove from list to archive them. To bring one back, choose Show archived games, then Restore. Archived games can also be permanently deleted. Built-ins can be duplicated with your own name. Favorites stay on this browser; names and removals update the shared library. Existing games keep their rules.

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500 RumBuilt-in

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Rules and scoring defaults

500 Rum

Your goal

  • Put cards into matching groups on the table to build your score. Start with 7 cards each; 13 cards with 2 players.

What counts as a group?

  • A group (called a meld) is either 3–4 cards of the same number or letter in different suits, or at least 3 cards in order in the same suit. For example: 8♣ 8♦ 8♥, or A♥ 2♥ 3♥.
  • Aces can come before 2 or after King. You cannot go around the end: K–A–2 is not allowed.

On your turn

  • First take a card: tap “Draw from stock”, or choose a card in the discard pile.
  • Taking a discard also takes every card above it — all the newer discards.
  • You must use the chosen discard immediately in a group. Select the hand cards that go with it, then tap “Pick up & play new meld”, or “Pick up & add here” beside an existing group.
  • To put a new group on the table, tap its cards in your hand, then “Play new meld”. Those cards are now played and visible to everyone.
  • To extend an existing group, select the cards to add and tap “Add to this meld” beside that group. This is called laying off. You may add to any player’s group, and your added cards score for you.
  • You can play several groups or add cards to several groups in one turn. Finish by selecting one hand card and tapping “Discard selected”. If you use your last card, the round ends without another discard.

Scoring and finishing

  • The round ends as soon as someone has no cards left.
  • Cards you played in groups on the table (including cards added to someone else’s group) add to your score.
  • Cards left in your hand subtract from your score.
  • Card points: 2 = 2, 3 = 3, 4 = 4, 5 = 5, 6 = 6, 7 = 7, 8 = 8, 9 = 9, 10 = 10, A = 15, J = 10, Q = 10, K = 10.
  • If the draw pile runs out, finish the current turn, then score the round.
  • Highest total wins when someone reaches 500 points.
  • The app adds up everyone’s points automatically.
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