Deal ten cards per player. Cards may be laid off onto any player's melds to extend the group or sequence, with the card laid off kept in front of the player who played it. In Black Heart Rum, royalty goes nowhere without their attendants. Each attendant is usually placed fanned out beneath the card it is attending. There is no restriction if a player starts a hand with a negative score.
Jokers cost double if left in hand.
A bonus is given to a player for going out. The winner is the first player to go out with an accumulated score for all hands of at least 500 points. If a player has over 500 points, but was not the last player to go out, then play continues. Anyone may freely make a copy of these rules as long as such copies are not sold for profit, and the entire contents are copied in full, including this copyright statement.