Thursday, November 10, 2011

Multiplayer Rummy

Multiplayer Rummy almost always scores over a 2 player rummy game. Multiplayer Rummy is synonymous with more players, more cash to be won and ofcourse more fun. Being a game of skill, Rummy touches new heights when palyed in the Multi-player Rummy format.

How to Play Multiplayer Rummy ?
Multiplayer Rummy is a game that is typically played with 2 or more packs of 53 cards each (including one printed joker per pack). Arranging all 13 cards in sequences and/or sets is the objective of Multiplayer rummy. A sequence is constituted of 3 or more running cards of the same suit (eg 3, 4, 5, 6 of spade). A set is formed by 3 or more cards of the same face value (eg 3 of spade, 3 of heart, 3 of diamond). At the start of each game, a Joker is randomly selected and it can be used in place of any other card. Players can use one or more jokers to complete their sets and/or sequences.

A pure sequence is a sequence that has no joker. To declare in a multi-player rummy game, a player must have at least two sequences, at least one of which must be pure. The draw pile is formed by cards that are not dealt to any player and are placed face down on the table. The discard pile is formed next to the draw pile by placing the top card from the draw pile face up,

What is the method of scoring employed in Multiplayer Rummy?
Scoring may be done differently in various versions of Multi-player Rummy but in the Indian version, players generally play for points having a pre-decided value in Rupees. The winnings at the end of this multiplayer Rummy game are calculated as the sum of points accumulated by opponents, multiplied by the currency value of those points. When played online, the fees of the games website hosting this multiplayer Rummy game may also be deducted from the winnings.

Benefits of Multi-player Rummy
Like most other multiplayer games, multiplayer rummy is a game filled with energy, enthusiasm, edginess and fun. Multi-player rummy is a handy tool that lets you make friends when you are on a long distance train or bus journey. Apart from killing boredom, it is also helps sharpen your logical application skills. Playing multiplayer rummy at parties or at family weddings and functions, makes for perfect entertainment for everyone. But owing to our hectic work lives, most of us are unable to physically meet up with friends and family members often. Here again, multiplayer rummy comes to your rescue with it's online version connecting all your loved ones over your favourite game.

So folks, gather your loved ones whether online or offline and see this multiplayer rummy game strengthen your bond

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Throw a fun card party this Diwali

Planning to throw a Diwali card party for your friends and family? Make it the coolest one! Read on for some deadly ideas to ensure your guests have a cracker of a time.

Send out an Inspiring InviteSend out a creative invitation card to all your guests giving them an inkling of the excitement that’s in store for them. Since it is a playing cards party you are inviting them for, you could try designing an invite on a playing card.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Points Rummy - Win More Cash at Games24x7's Multiplayer Rummy Tables

Games24X7.com has announced their multiplayer rummy where more than 2 players can play rummy Online against rummy players from India.

Points Rummy: In the usual rummy tournaments, rummy players could win a fixed amount of money but with Points Rummy, one can win more as the looser will pay the points that he has got multiplied by the fix value of each point.

More Players in Multiplayer Rummy: Now you can play rummy with up to 5 opponents on the single rummy table so one can make more money by investing almost the same amount of time.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

India's gaming industry to grow from Rs 4 bn to Rs 14 bn this year

In India's growing gaming world, localisation is the new joystick. While 13-year-old Sriram loves Tinkle comics' popular characters Suppandi and Shikari Shambu, he would rather play with them online rather read the book – a clear pointer that local gaming is here to stay. The change is being fuelled by huge growth numbers – India's gaming industry is set to grow from Rs 4 billion in 2007 to a projected Rs 14 billion in 2011. "Games like NBA, FIFA and Rally that used to dominate the Indian gaming industry till about two years ago are being swept aside by India-flavoured games.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

‘India loves social gaming’

Of the 250 million users counted every month, 4.5 million users are from India alone. From housewives to retired folk, every one is hooked to social gaming in the country,” explains Shan Kadavil, country manager of Zynga. What makes Shan’s statistic noteworthy is the fact that Zynga is responsible for creating Facebook’s biggest online social addiction thus far, FarmVille and Mafia Wars.

Based out of San Francisco, Zynga is the world’s fastest growing social gaming company, having cracked the code of making successful games. “We’ve also adapted these games according to regions. For instance, the FarmVille India game includes localised content like auto rickshaws, tractors, Indian seasonal vegetables and poultry. This makes for great user engagement,” opines Shan.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Online gaming spreads to Asia's poorer nations

With his eyes fixed on the screen and his fingers flying over the keyboard, Cambodian teenager An Sopheak is lost in a world of ancient Chinese fighter heroes.

All around him, dozens of other, mostly male, faces are equally engrossed in their online fantasy game in this dark Internet cafe in the Cambodian capital.

The scene is a familiar one across Asia, but it's a relatively new sight in Cambodia, one of the region's poorest nations with one of the lowest rates of Internet usage.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Dehla Pakad Card Game

Dehla Pakad is a four player card game played in India. Dehla Pakad card game is very exciting, easy to learn and offers a unique game everytime you play it.

Dehla pakad card game is loved by elderly people and is played all nights in villages of India. A slight variation of Dehla pakad is also known as Coat piece. Dehla pakad is considered to be a game of smart people and needs some strategy to win it.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Teen do Paanch Card Game

Teen do Paanch is a three player card game played in India usually by kids. Teen do paanch card game is very exciting, easy to learn and loads of fun.

In India, kids usually start with saath-aath card game and then move up the ladder with teen do paanch and then they take on card games like rummy, dehla pakad, chokdi, teen-patti etc. These games are a little tough as it involves higher degree of tricks involved.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Social Gaming rising in India

The social gaming landscape in the country is witnessing a growth momentum due to easy access to mobile and Internet facilities which is offering youths exciting platforms for expanding their circle of friends.

The growth of social networks sites, the time spent by users on them, the high entertainment value proposition and opportunity to engage in fun and casual interaction with friends, was fuelling the social gaming market, say social gaming experts.

"Worldwide over 500 million play social games. In India more than 10 million (over 50 per cent) of Facebook users play social games", says Deepak Abbot, Vice President-Product, Zapak.com, one of the leading social gaming players.

Cricket dons a digital avatar this gaming season

Zapak, Nazara, Jump Games, Sony and Dream11 set to release games on the mobile, internet platforms to cash in on frenzy

This month, the sub-continent will host the ICC World Cup 2011 — and cashing in on the ubiquitous cricket buzz will be the Indian mobile and internet gaming industry.

“The cricket World Cup appeals to a wide audience, with even non-cricket enthusiasts getting involved. Games ideally need to be reasonably priced and should be able to touch base with the masses,” said Rohit Sharma, CEO (digital business), Reliance BIG Entertainment.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Harman Baweja stands second in Poker Championship

Harman Baweja stood second in the recently held India Poker Championship (IPC) in Goa. However, the actor took part in the tournament just to enjoy the game at the behest of a friend.

Talking about his love for poker Harman says, "I was in Goa for a friend's birthday and we got to know about the IPC being held around the same time. My friend Sameer suggested I participate in the tournament. Even though initially I was apprehensive I decided to take part just for the fun of it."

While he sat for the game with a casual attitude, he soon got involved in it as the hands progressed. "Yes, I did want to win when I started playing. I think when you play any game the intention is to win it. So it felt great when I was playing contenders and winning rounds. My stack kept growing bigger and in the end I had to play opposite the finalist and finish second."

Is he a serious player? "Not really. I picked up poker recently and am not sure my mom would like to know about it!

I have friends who are experts at the game and even play it online on their Facebook accounts. I don't think I would like to pursue it seriously, as I play it re-creationally."

How a Mobile Gaming Startup is Turning Sports Spectators Into Players

While Thump CEO Chip Overstreet was watching the 2000 Rose Bowl with friends, he had an entirely normal conversation about what would happen next between the Wisconsin Badgers and Stanford Cardinal. At which point he was struck with a great idea. What if there was a game that allowed sports fans to compete with each other to most accurately predict the next play?

At the time, smartphones and tablets were science fiction, Mark Zuckerberg was still in high school, and the term “social game” suggested Trivial Pursuit.

Nine years later, Overstreet picked the idea back up and created Thump, a game that lives on iPhones, Android phones, BlackBerrys, Microsoft’s Slate tablet and Facebook. As sport fans watch a game, they can compete with a group of friends or strangers to be the most accurate predictor of what their teams will do next. The version for pro and college football launched in September. Baseball is planned to launch in March.

Mashable recently talked with Overstreet about how Thump aims to offer a game that is compelling to both players and advertisers.

Source: http://mashable.com/2011/01/28/thump/

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Mobile Gaming Poised for Growth in India

According to latest research report “India Mobile Gaming Analysis”, India has become a high growth potential market for the global mobile gaming players. The industry has been witnessing phenomenal growth since 2005 and has outpaced other mobile gaming markets around the world. A vast mobile consumer base and increasing penetration of mobile gamers has transformed once a buzzword into a fully fledged industry. The 71% CAGR market growth during 2010-2014 readily confirms Indian market’s attractiveness and calls for foreign investments.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Most Popular Card Games in India

Playing games online is one of the IN things these days, mainly because of the increasing Internet penetration, lack of time, hectic lifestyle, integration of the social element in gaming which is taking the online gaming business to an extraordinary level. Strategy based games, role playing games, social games, war games, shooting games, racing games, sports based games, flash games are the most common games that you will find people hooked to but it is the traditional card games that are making their way ahead in the recent times.

There would be different opinions about what are the best card games available online for Indian because every person has a preference for which card game do they enjoy the most but the truth is that Indians love to play card games and now this love is slightly shifting. No, they are not playing other games but the difference is that they are playing the same old card games online.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Cyber Cafe users are mostly affluent

Cyber cafe users are experienced Internet users with 64% using the Net for the last two years, according to an IMRB survey titled Internet Usage and Habits of Cyber Café Users. The survey has been conducted across 41 cities. More than 80% of the visitors to cyber cafes are from SEC (socio-economic category) A — 53% and SEC B — 29%, so the cyber cafe clientele is affluent. Education levels are also high, with 60% users being graduates or above.

Monday, January 17, 2011

UTV may exit Indiagames

Founder, other investors in talks to buy back stake even as boom seen in sector

Media and entertainment firm UTV Software Communications is in the process of selling its stake in UTV Indiagames — the online and mobile gaming subsidiary of the group, said two sources involved in the deal.

Sources said Vishal Gondal, founder of Indiagames, along with existing investors Cisco and Adobe, are in talks with both private equity consortia and strategic investors to buy back the stake they’d once sold to the parent firm. The deal is expected to be in the range of $80-100 million (Rs 360 crore-Rs 450 crore).

Thursday, January 13, 2011

X-Up Rummy Tournaments

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Unwind by Playing Online Games

Would you believe that today's hardcore workaholic professionals never misses to plough his farm and water his plants? You better believe it because such professionals are playing online games like Farmville, Mafia Wars etc to de-stress themselves.

Such professionals are mushrooming and psychologists also agree that playing online games is a great stress buster, of course if not overdone. Some of the popular games that are popular among the professionals today are Texas Poker, Mafia wars, Mind Jolt, Rummy and FarmVille.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Gaming Technology Helps India Prepare For Terrorist Attacks

The 3D model of Bangalore's Garuda Mall would be right at home in a modern video game, but it's much more than that. It's part of a simulation aimed at helping emergency response teams deal with the all-too-real possibility of a terrorist attack.

Terrorism is a major issue in India. Over the past year alone the country has seen multiple devastating incidents, from the February explosion at a German Bakery in Pune that left 14 dead and more than 60 wounded, to the December bombing in Varanasi that killed a toddler and saw more than 20 injured in the stampede that followed. Fighting terrorism is a key national priority in India.

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