NEPALI MARRIAGE

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OBJECTIVE OF NEPALI MARRIAGE:  Be the player with the highest score at the end of the game

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2 – 5 players

NUMBER OF CARDS: 156 card deck made of three standard French decks

RANK OF CARDS: (low) 2’s – K’s (high), Aces may be high or low

TYPE OF GAME: Rummy

AUDIENCE: Adults

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INTRODUCTION OF NEPALI MARRIAGE

Marriage is a Rummy game that finds its origins in Nepal.  This game has many different types of melds and is played with three full decks of cards.  Players begin with a huge hand of 21 cards.  It should be noted that there are an incredible amount of variations for this game.  The rules included below form one of the many ways to play.

THE CARDS & THE DEAL

Marriage uses three full 52 card French decks for a total of 156 cards.  During each round, different cards will become wild.  Aces can be high or low but not used to go around the corner.  This means that the sequences A-2-3 and Q-K-A are okay, but Q-K-A-2-3 is not.

To determine the first dealer and scorekeeper for the game, each player takes a card from the deck.  The player with the lowest card deals first, and must keep score for the entire game.  From this point on, the deal passes to the left each round.

Dealer collects all the cards, shuffles them thoroughly, and deals 21 cards to each player.

THE PLAY

Each player’s turn has three phases: draw, meld, and discard,

DRAW

At the beginning of a player’s turn, they may draw a card from the top of the draw pile or the top of the discard pile.  Only the top card of the discard pile may be drawn, and it cannot be the card that is discarded at the end of the turn.먹튀검증업체

If the draw pile is ever depleted, collect all of the discard pile (leaving the top card behind) and shuffle it thoroughly.  This becomes the new draw pile.  

MELD

There are many different types of melds in this game:

Tunnela – A set of three identical cards such as 7♥-7♥-7♥.  Tunnelas received during the deal may be immediately played to the table.  These will count as extra points.  

Triplet – A set of three cards of the same rank but all three are different suits such as 8♥-8♠-8♦.

Dirty Triplet – A set of three cards containing two cards of the same rank and different suits as well as a wild card such as W-3♥-3♠.  A dirty triplet can also be made of two wilds and any other third card that isn’t wild such as W-W-6♣.

Pure Sequence – Three cards of the same suit in sequential order such as 5♠-6♠-7♠.

Dirty Sequence –  A sequence of three cards in which two are the same suit and one is a wild card such as J♠-Q♠-W.  A dirty sequence can also be made of two wilds and any third card that isn’t wild.

Marriage – A perfect sequence of three wild cards such as 9♣-10♣-J♣ (if 10♣ is wild).  See WILD CARD section for more information.

After a player has drawn, they can begin building melds in their hand. A player cannot play melds to the table until they have met specific contracts.

Other than tunnelas received during the deal, a player must meet the Opening Contract by building three melds that include tunnelas, pure sequences, or a combination of the two.  Once the player has these built, they may play them to the table.  All three melds should be played at once.  After completing this contract, the player is eligible to complete the Closing Contract that allows them to win the round.