Gin Rummy Extra - Card Game

After trying numerous others, I discovered this gem! It has an eloquent UI which provides smooth playing. No crazy number of pop ups at start up or after a game. Thank you!! I’ve been playing the game since I was 7. That was 70 years ago. I played and gambled in bookie joints with serious players. Most of the games were hard fought, tense games. It was extremely rare for anyone to gin after 2 or 3 cards. This game reminds me of those times. It comes across as a fair dealer. The best I’ve seen so far. I have no need to look for another gin game. Thank you developers. There is one option I would enjoy seeing added. That’s Hollywood style where the knock card can’t be higher than the turned up card that is first dealt. It presents a totally different challenge.

My only issue with this game is the music. Since the last update and the new beach scene it plays this goofy music and the only way to turn it off is to turn off all game sounds. I like having the game sounds so if playing someone really slow… you can do hear when it’s your turn. Even if you mute the ad (which is a great feature) the music then kicks in… like it’s constantly playing in the background. Anything constantly playing in the background is draining the battery unnecessarily. Every app I’ve had in the past that had music gave two options for sound. One for no sound and one to turn off the music. It’s really annoying when trying to play with a friend and FaceTime simultaneously (so you can trash talk with a buddy!). The only other option that would be great is an auto sort when an opponent knocks/gins. If you rearrange your cards while it’s the other players turn to see what your hand looks like… and they knock… you can get caught giving extra points to your opponent. Before the music or with the option to mute music only… it would be 5 star.

Here’s another weird one. I picked a queen the other player discarded. I put the queen with my other two queens and had three queens. I discarded a three of hearts. The other player drew and discarded a king. I picked it up and put it with my other two kings. Now I have three kings but for some reason I only have two queens. What happened to my other queen. Whoops, how did I get the three of hearts back. It’s like the turn before wjen I picked up the queen and threw the three. I’ve seeb cards change before but I gave the game the benefit of the doubt. But this time I wasn’t mistaken. Whe I picked up the king I noticed the three wasn’t there under that king like it was supposed to be. And the queen I picked up before that wasn’t there either yet the three appeared in my hand and the queen was gone. When a card changes one time I let it go. Thenn it happened again. I picked up a jack and put it between my two jacks. So I had three jacks. The j’s are circled. Like the queens were before I had picked the king. The other player took his turn and I drew a card and I noticed the j’s weren’t circled and there was a two in between the two jacks. That’s when I knew it wasn’t me. It is some sort of fix in the game. I’m not the only one to report this problem. I’ve heard there was some cheat codes to undo plays and even one that can show the other player your hand. The way they say it works is when they look at your hand the game is on pause. Thats why some players can take a longer time than you. They can force the game to rush your turn too. Seems unlikely but not impossible. I hope the new owners of the app takes this all seriously. I want to play but I want it to be fair. Don’t think you’re crazy, you’re not. Report the inconsistency. I’ve been playing gin for fifty-five years. I know the game.