Demonstrates both single-player and multiplayer games. * Fully automated game play: meld, knock, gin, big gin, undercut and bonus are processed automatically. * Fully automated melding or sorting of cards. * Try two-tap-drop: if you happen to drop the wrong card, this option is for you! * Users can arrange their own hands, just disable auto melding from settings. * In multiplayer or online games, players can choose a random human opponent or invite Game Center friends. * In single-player games, players can play against "Rookie", "Skilled" or "Expert" computer opponents. * Universal app, supports iPhone, iPod touch & iPad. The objective of the game is to form a hand by combining cards into groups or runs and reduce the point value of the remaining unmatched cards to 10 or less.Ĭontains 5 game variants: Gin Rummy, Gin 200, Oklahoma Gin, Straight Gin and Hollywood Gin. This game provides options to choose a random human opponent or invite Game Center friends. In multiplayer or online games, a human player can play against a human opponent. The opponent players are crafted using sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI). Rookie is the default opponent, tap on "Options > Settings" to choose a new opponent. There are three levels of computer opponents to choose from: Rookie, Skilled and Expert. In single-player games, a human player can play against a computer opponent. This game includes single-player and multiplayer games.
You can download the game from iTunes here.Best Gin Rummy is a popular two-player card game.īest Gin Rummy is a popular two-player card game, adapted into the touch-screen era through aesthetic game layouts, animations, graphics and sound effects. Now this video does not have all of the updates in it, but I wanted to include it, since it gives you a good look the game layout, graphics, and gameplay. If you enjoy card games, then Best Gin Rummy is a great choice for your iOS device.įYI: Below is a trailer of the game. I wish more of the games I have played and reviewed were as well put together as this game. I really appreciate all of the improvements, the developer has added to allow me to customize the game. You can play against others via the Game Center.Īs I mentioned above and in my previous review, Best Gin Rummy is a well designed and implemented game. The game allows you to adjust the difficulty, game speed, turn on/off auto melding, two tap drop, and spin animations. In addition to the new games, the settings has been redone. Which one doe I like best? For me, the traditional Gin Rummy is my favorite but I did enjoy playing the other types of gin rummy, many of which I had not played before. So what is new in the game? There are 5 different types of gin rummy you can play in app:Įach game type has its own set of rules and as I mentioned there is a tutorial for each. A hand can contain three or fewer melds to knock or form legal gin.” A player can form any combination of melds within their hand, whether it contains all sets, all runs, or both. Aces are considered low-they can form a set with other aces but only the low end of runs (thus A♠ 2♠ 3♠ is a legal run but Q♠ K♠ A♠ is not). Deadwood cards are those not in any meld. 8♥ 8♦ 8♠ and runs of 3 or more cards in sequence, of the same suit. Gin has two types of meld: Sets of 3 or 4 cards sharing the same rank, e.g. The basic game strategy is to improve one’s hand by forming melds and eliminating deadwood. “The objective in gin rummy is to score points and reach an agreed number of points or more, usually 100, before the opponent does. The playing area within the game is nicely laid out and there are no ads.įor those not familiar with gin rummy, here are the basic rules ( Wikipedia): The game is not complicated and there are tutorials available to help you learn the game. The developer recently reached out to me and explained that they had added a lot to the game.īest Gin Rummy from Kuralsoft is a nicely done game that plays in landscape on either an iPhone/iTouch or iPad.
The game was well done back then and it still is. With our Rummy Multiplayer app for iOS and Android it is possible to play offline against the computer and online with your. You can check out my previous review here. Well today I am covering the game again since there have been quite a number of changes to it. Last year I reviewed the iOS game, Best Gin Rummy. Because of this, I am always on the look out for card and board games for mobile. We did not have Internet or personal computers back then so we played card and board games. As a kid, we (my family) played a lot of card games.