Airplane Rummy: Five Suits

Airplane Rummy is rummy with a fifth suit.

Two decks of 58 cards make 116: Hearts, Clubs, Spades, Diamonds and Planes, 3 through King in every suit, plus six Jokers.

A match is eleven rounds. The first round deals three cards and the last deals thirteen, and whichever rank matches the hand size is wild that round. Jokers are always wild.

On your turn, draw the face-up discard or the top card of the deck, arrange your hand into sets and runs, then discard one card. Go out when every card you keep fits a meld, and everyone else gets one final turn. Unmatched cards count against you. The lowest total after eleven rounds wins.

Choose how many play, from two to seven: you and up to six computer opponents, Mira, Orion, Vale, Ibis, Lumen and Nova. They see the discard pile and their own cards, never yours. The table seats five until you choose another size, and the app remembers your choice.

There is no timer. Tap a card to select it, drag to arrange, and undo an arrangement before you commit. The score sheet shows every meld, every unmatched card and the arithmetic after each round.

The whole game works in airplane mode, and it works fully when started offline. No account, no ads, nothing to buy. It collects no data. Some U.S. states require apps to check a player's age range, so the game may ask your phone for one, and your phone may connect to Apple or Google to answer. The game sends nothing itself and never saves the answer.

Your match is saved on your device as you play, so you can close the app and pick up where you stopped.

Card sounds are optional, and the app remembers when you turn them off.

One match is about fifteen to twenty minutes. Short rounds early, long hands late, and a Joker is worth fifty points if you are caught holding it.