Patent ID: 6905122

Claim:
In a method of playing a rummy-type game by a plurality of individual players with discrete elements from a supply comprising multiple suits of consecutively-numbered flat elements and at least two discrete flat wild elements, each said element having opposing sides with a distinct playing face on one side of each and all of said elements having a common back appearance on the sides opposite said faces, said method comprising the steps of: a. presenting all of said elements in a position of access to all of said players with their back sides facing upwardly; b. providing a playing surface for melding of three-element sets of identically-numbered elements and runs of three-element sequentially-numbered and same suit elements within easy arm reach of all of said players; c. establishing a deal of a hand of play whereby each player receives a predetermined number of elements the faces of which only a receiving player can view; d. playing individually in succession until one player has completely depleted his supply of elements onto said playing surface from those originally dealt and from any received from the supply during play of the hand; e. establishing at least one run on the playing surface by melding a sequence of at least three elements, one of which three is a wild element occupying the position of a missing numbered element of the same suit, said one run being locked against rearrangement due to the presence of said wild element therein but being eligible to receive elements added to either end of said run; and f. adding a second wild element to said one run to effect unlocking and enabling rearrangement thereof.