Rules
Autobus – rearrange card melds · Rules
This club version deals all 108 cards evenly among two to four players. There is no ordinary discard pile.
Objective
Be the first to empty your hand by laying down and rearranging valid combinations on the shared table.
Deal and setup
This club version deals all 108 cards evenly among two to four players. There is no ordinary discard pile.
How to play — step by step
- Use cards to build and extend valid matching-rank groups or same-suit runs on the common table.
- For your first laying-down, use your own cards; only afterwards may you move or rearrange cards already on the table.
- After rearranging, every meld on the table must remain valid. An illegal intermediate arrangement cannot finish your turn.
- The winner is the first to empty their hand. This club version has no normal draw-and-discard pile.
Important rules to remember
Play example
Before your own first meld, you may not rearrange combinations already on the table. After it, every resulting combination must still be valid.
Key terms
- trick
- One round of cards played
- meld
- Valid group or run of cards
- discard
- Put a card aside from your hand