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Marriage is a three pack rummy game that is popular in India, Bhutan & Nepal (especially in the Kathmandu valley). It is widely played during the two main Hindu festivals, Dushera and Diwali and by card buffs throughout the year. Two to five people can play this game using three standard 52-cards packs. There are no printed jokers, but in each deal a number of wild cards are created and these are sometimes collectively known as "Jokers". The deal and play are clockwise.

The objective of Marriage is to become the player with the highest number of points after playing all hands. Everyone draws one card, the high card deals, and the subsequent deals are passed to the left.

Three 52-card decks are used without any Jokers. No other wild cards are used. Each player is dealt 21 cards, the remaining stock pile is spread on the table, and the player to the left of the dealer draws the top card from the stock pile to make melds. After 21 cards are dealt to all the players, one card is pulled out from the remaining deck and it is called Tiplu. The higher card to the Tiplu is called Paplu and lower card is called Nichlu.

After ...
... a card is drawn, one must be discarded, and the next player to the left has the option of drawing either the top discard or top stock card. Then he must discard.

A set consists of three or more cards of the same face value, (e.g. three queens, three aces, or three sevens). A run consists of four or more cards in sequence of the same suit. If there is an ace in the run, it can serve as either a high card or a low card, but not both in the same run.

The play can end in more than one ways. Firstly, when a player who has laid down three combinations that are tunnelas (three identical cards) or pure sequences and is able to draw a card to form four more valid three-card combinations. The player lays down these combinations, discards the remaining card, and the play ends. Secondly, after drawing, a player has eight dublees (pairs of identical cards). The player lays them down and the play ends. Eight dublees use 16 cards, so the player will have five unusued cards plus a discard - these can be any cards.

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