51 - Rummy Card Game

51 is the Turkish rummy game played at kitchen tables for generations. This is that game, for four players, on your phone.

Plays entirely offline against three bots, or against someone in the same room over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. No account, no internet.

THE GAME
• Four players, two decks plus four jokers and fourteen cards each
• Melds are runs of three or more in one suit, or sets of three or four of a rank in different suits
• Jokers stand in for anything
• You have to open with melds worth at least 51 points; after that you meld freely and lay off on what is already down
• A turn is draw, then meld or lay off, then discard
• Rounds run until someone empties their hand; whoever is left holding cards pays for them, and never having opened costs double

OPPONENTS THAT PLAY
• Three difficulties: easy, medium, hard. Set per seat, or shuffled at random
• The bots search for melds and choose discards on their own, and they only see what a player at the table would see
• Give them the names you like

PLAY WITH SOMEONE NEXT TO YOU
• Host a table or join one over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi - no internet involved
• One against one, or two humans and two bots
• If a connection drops, the game pauses and waits instead of ending

HOUSE RULES
• Play to a score or play a fixed number of rounds
• Turn folding on or off
• Require opening with the discard, or not
• Meld hints on the table, and a penalty for a meld that does not hold up
• Whatever your family plays, set it once and it stays

SOMETHING TO COME BACK FOR
• Experience and player levels, with trophies for the things worth doing
• Daily challenges and a streak
• Prestige, once the level cap stops meaning anything
• Seventeen card faces, twelve table skins, hint markers and how tightly melds are stacked

MADE TO SIT WITH
• Sound and vibration switch off independently
• Animation speed from brisk to unhurried
• Light or dark theme, following the system or not
• Four languages: Turkish, English, German and Spanish
• A written how-to-play in the app, in the language you are using