Mummy: Hold the Gin
In the spirit of my post on Monopoly I have to mention that the AlKiMe triad plays a lot of rummy. I usually have two or three card decks upon my person, and it's become a habit to wait out meals at restaurants or within long lines to take out a deck and run a few hands of it.
We have, of course, our own house rules and variations.
1) We allow a run of King, Ace, Two. We call it "mummy," because it wraps around.
2) Once an individual has "gone out," the others around the table continue with one final turn.
3) The easiest way to aggravate anyone at the table is to put down a set of 7's, 8's or 9's. (This is because it tends to break up good runs.)
4) Hording Aces from the LintKing is expected, not bad manners.
At some point we will have enough XXXenophile cards for a rummy deck... someday. [grinning] We also play Five Crowns, Phase 10, and similar styles of games.