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The combinations
Three or Four of a Kind are made up of 3 or 4 cards of the same value, but of
different colours.
Sequences are a series of at least 3 cards of the same colour with progressive
numbers. For example: Red 4, Red 5, Red 6.
Jokers
Jokers may replace any card of any colour. A joker takes the value of the card it is
replacing in a combination (but, at the end of the play, it always counts 25 points).
A joker which was used in a combination may be exchanged at any time by any
player for the card it is replacing, on two conditions: The player must have already
laid down his first combination and it must be his turn to play.
The combinations laid down on the table do not belong to anyone, so each player
who has already laid down his first 30 points may use them during their next
turns.
Continuing the combinations
During their turn, each player may extend any combination (a Three of a Kind or
a sequence) by any number of matching cards after they have laid down their
first 30 points.
Transformations
The combinations laid down on the table may be used by players to make a new
combination. The card added to a former combination must of course continue
the series.
During your turn, you may also take all the cards of a former combination, or
part of them (but at least 3 cards must remain in the original combination). All
the cards that have been taken must be replaced to build another combination.
A joker cannot be used to another place – unless it was replaced by a card with
the right number.
Examples
1) You may extend an existing sequence, such as, for example 6, 7, 8 in red, by
using a red 5 or a red 9 from your rack. And you can extend an existing Three of
a Kind consisting of a red, a yellow and a green 8 by adding a blue 8.
2) You can add a new card to an existing sequence and remove another one in order
to build a new sequence. If there is, for example, a green sequence consisting of
2, 3, 4 and 5 laid down on the table, and you have a green 6 as well as a yellow
2 and a blue 2, you could extend the sequence by adding the green 6 and then
build a new Three of a Kind by using the green 2 and your 2 twos.
3) You may also split sequences. If there is for example a blue sequence consisting
of 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 you could build two new sequences by adding a blue 4 – 2, 3,
4 and 4, 5, 6.