Rebuild the table
Move, split and recombine anything on the table, as long as every group you leave is a legal meld.
Rummy and melding · 2 to 5 players
The whole table is yours to rebuild
Machiavelli is rummy with no walls. Every meld on the table is yours to take apart and put back together, as long as every group still works and you add a card of your own. First to empty a hand wins it.
- 2 to 5 players
- Lesson included
- No ads
Machiavelli is one of the 21 games in Cards Royale.
How it plays
Machiavelli in three steps.
Two packs plus four jokers are shuffled together, everyone gets thirteen cards, and the table starts completely empty with no discard pile.
On your turn you either add cards to the table, splitting and recombining any melds you like, or you draw one card.
Empty your hand and you score every card everyone else still holds, and the first player alone at one hundred or more wins.
Read the full rules of Machiavelli
Did you know? Machiavelli is an Italian rummy game, named after the famous schemer from Florence.
The moments you play for
Why Machiavelli gets under your skin.
Two to five players who love a puzzle.
Free the joker
Put a real card in a joker's place and the joker is free, but it must go back down this same turn.
No opening minimum
Your first cards can be any legal meld, and one big turn can put your whole hand on the table.
Screenshots
Machiavelli on every screen.
The same table on iPhone, iPad, Mac and the iPhone Duo. Scroll sideways to see them all.
- iPhone
iPhone Duo, half open
iPhone Duo, unfolded
iPhone Duo, folded
iPad, landscape
iPad, portrait
Mac
Rummy and melding
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Deal me in for Machiavelli.
It is one of 21 classics in Cards Royale. Free, with no ads.