Mille (card game)

Mille is a two-player card game requiring two standard 52-card decks.

Mille is a rummy game similar to canasta in the respects that if a player picks up cards from the discard pile, the player picks up the entire pile, and the only legal melds are three or more cards of a same rank.

The two-player rummy game Mille is said to have been devised in Montreal, Québec and from there brought to Toronto in the 1990s.

On a player's turn, they have two options: pick up the "pack", or draw a card from the deck.

If the player has a pair in their hand of the last card discarded, they have the option of picking the pack up.

When picking up the pack, the player must immediately lay the pair in their hand and the last card discarded.

They can take the 9 from the pack, lay the pair of 9's on the table with the discarded 9, then pick up the 3-4-5-K-3-7 and place in their hand.

If the player is unable to pick up the pack or elects not to, they must draw a card from the deck.

If a player goes out on a natural, all of their points would count for double and they would receive a "mark".

A skunk occurs when an opponent wins the game and the other player has less than 600 total points.