Three to eight players & one or more standard 52-card decks—including jokers—are usually needed to play it. In each round of Contract Rummy, your goal is to form sets and runs of cards in your hand in order to fulfill predetermined contracts, or objectives. The idea of connew rummy gametracts, which change from round to round and may include conditions like forming particular sets or runs, hitting a point threshold, or laying down all of your cards at once, is one of the main elements of Contract Rummy. Based on their hand, players must carefully evaluate which contracts to pursue and decide how to strategically accomplish them while keeping their opponents from doing the same. Players of Contract Rummy must strategically choose which contracts to pursue and how to accomplish them, as well as skillfully manage their hand.