Sticks Rummy Game Rules & How to Play
These rules aren't set in stone - mix it up, throw in some booze or other fun substances, tweak the rules, go with the flow, whatever floats your boat!
2-7 players • 4 decks of cards with jokers • Jokers & deuces are wild • Aces are high
Players each choose 1 stick from the bag & place it so they can see it but opponents cannot.
Free Stick - place in front of you as a won stick & choose another stick to play. If drawn as your 7th stick, return & draw again. game cannot be won on free. free can be kept on first hand.
Steal Stick - if drawn after any other player has won a stick - keep the steal stick & steal another from any opponent. Choose a new playing stick. Game cannot be won on a steal. If drawn on first hand, return to bag & draw again.
Each player is dealt 15 cards. Place the rest of the cards face down to make a draw deck. Top card is flipped face up to form a discard pile.
On each player's turn, they choose 1 card from the top of the draw deck or the top card from the discard deck.
Once a player has all the cards required for the stick, they must lay the cards down & turn the stick over for everyone to see.
After you have placed down, you can play cards on other player’s laid down cards, add to sets or runs, or start new sets or runs with a minimum of 3 cards.
Sets can be continued, but you cannot pick up the wilds out of a set.
Runs be continued, & wilds can be picked up out of runs & replaced with the natural card.
Each sequence (run or set) must have more natural cards than wild cards.
To end a round:
Player can discard their last card onto to the discard pile.
Player can use their last card to add to any sets or runs on the table
All players complete their sticks.
At the end of each round, any player with a stick turned over gets to choose a new stick. Any player who hasn't turned over their stick gets to try the same stick again.
If a player cannot turn their stick over in 3 hands, return it to the bag & pick a new stick.
At the beginning of each new round, the cards are shuffled & each player gets a new hand of 15 cards.
The first player to complete the requirements of 7 sticks turned over wins
