What's new at RummyDen
Changes to the game, the site and our guides, newest first.
RummyDen is small and actively maintained: we fix what players run into and write up what we learn. This page lists the changes that affect how you play or what you read here. Spotted a problem? Tell us through the contact page.
— A guide to rummy for two players
- New guide: 13-card rummy for 2 players — the rules for two, why RummyDen rooms deal two decks, when a first drop pays, and tips for playing one opponent.
- It draws on the 1,584 two-player rounds in our statistics: how they ended, how long they took and what losing hands held.
— Guide corrections, illustrated poker guides and who runs RummyDen
- About, Terms and Privacy now name the company that runs RummyDen, Adaptive Digital Studio LLC.
- Privacy explains how advertising cookies would work and how to opt out, ahead of any ads. RummyDen still shows no ads.
- Corrected guide statements that did not match our tables: room options, jokers when the cut card is a printed joker, invalid declarations, and which cards losing hands are left holding.
- Pool and Deals are explained as home-game formats; RummyDen rooms play Points Rummy.
- Poker hand rankings are illustrated with cards, the Hold’em rules add a worked side-pot example, and the positions guide has a ten-seat diagram.
- The game-night guide has separate steps for a rummy room and a poker table.
- The hand checker shows worked examples, and its “no wild joker” option now treats only printed jokers as wild.
- Poker: the sign-up screen asks only for a display name (or Google sign-in), unused table options are gone, and the landing page links to the guides and policies.
About · Privacy · Poker hand rankings · Hold’em rules · Game-night guide
— Real game statistics, complete rules and a screenshot walkthrough
- New: what 2,259 real rounds of Points Rummy show about invalid declarations, losing scores, drops and winning hands.
- The rules page now covers every rule our tables apply, with card illustrations and notes where RummyDen differs from common house rules.
- How to play is now a step-by-step walkthrough with screenshots from a real table.
- Every guide shows when it was last updated.
- At the table: if you try to declare a hand that is not valid yet, RummyDen now tells you why and what it would cost before you commit — and the round result explains any invalid declaration.
- New: ten rummy puzzles to practise declaring, and a printable one-page cheat sheet.
- New: the complete rules in Hindi (रमी के नियम हिंदी में) and the step-by-step walkthrough in Hindi (रमी कैसे खेलें), with the same card examples and screenshots.
- Guest names can now be written in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali and other Indian scripts. If a name can’t be used, the form says why.
- Tapping a pile twice no longer shows a confusing “Draw a card first” message after your draw went through.
- Fixed: after a valid declaration, a round’s points and chips were counted twice in the running totals. Each round now counts once.
- Inviting is quicker: the lobby has a WhatsApp button that opens WhatsApp with the invite already written.
- After a game, Share wins in the session ledger posts who won the most rounds to your group chat.
- If the table is in a background tab, the tab title shows “Your turn” when it is your move, and hosts see “Seat request” when a friend asks to sit.
- Practice games: when you declare against the bot, the result now appears straight away instead of after a one-minute wait.
Rummy puzzles · Cheat sheet · रमी के नियम (हिंदी) · रमी कैसे खेलें · Rummy statistics · Rules · How to play
— Easier recovery when a room link fails
- If a room cannot be opened, you can try again or enter another code instead of being sent home.
- Copying an invite falls back to showing the room code when a browser blocks the clipboard.
- Seat and name forms work better with screen readers.
- Corrections to several guides and the hand checker examples.
— Contact page and clearer privacy choices
- A public contact page for support and privacy requests — no account needed.
- Declining optional analytics now also stops our own visit counter and removes its identifier.
- The score sheet rejects negative, fractional and oversized scores.
— Friends who step away no longer cost the table time
- If you are disconnected when a new round is dealt, you sit that round out with no penalty and rejoin at the next deal.
- If too few players are left, the table pauses and shows who it is waiting for.
- Guest sign-ins now last 30 days, so returning friends keep their name and rooms.
— Playing on a phone held upright
- A Tap to play button turns the table to landscape on most Android phones, with a countdown showing whose turn it is.
- On Android phones, the phone vibrates when it becomes your turn and you are not looking at the table.
- Tables where everyone has left stop dealing new rounds.
— Welcome back
- The home page offers a one-tap way back into rooms you were recently playing in.
— Simpler room setup
- Creating a room is one screen: choose a turn timer and go.
- A host waiting alone sees an Invite your friends card with a share button and the room code.
— Guides and free tools
- Rummy and poker guides, plus a hand validator, a points calculator and a printable score sheet.
— Texas Hold'em tables
- Private Texas Hold'em rooms for up to 10 friends, with free play chips.
— RummyDen opens
- Private 13-card Indian Rummy rooms for friends and family: create a room, share a link, play in the browser.