If the player does not take a card from the discard pile, any following player can take it during their turn, drawing another card from the “penalty” deck.ĭuring their turn, the player who has melds that correspond to the game in progress can show them, although they do not finish due to having taken extra punishment cards, and keeping the remaining cards, combined or not. At the end of their turn they put down one of their cards on the discard pile. Gameplayĭuring their turn, each player can take the top card from the discard pile or the top card off the stock deck. The top card of the stock deck is taken and placed face up to start the discard pile. The stock deck usually contains more cards than the penalty deck. The rest of the deck is then divided into two stacks, placed in the centre of the table.
The cards are shuffled and the cut, then each player is dealt six cards, one at a time, in an anticlockwise direction. Players draw cards to see who will be the first to deal. The value of the cards is as follows: Wild card The order of the cards, as usual, is from ace to king consecutively.