You can only have one meld of each rank at a time. If you draw from the draw pile, you can either create a meld or discard a card. If you draw from the discard pile, you must use that card to create a meld or add it to an existing meld. On your turn, you can draw either the top card from the draw pile or the top card from the discard pile. The top card of the draw pile is turned face up to form a discard pile. The remaining cards are placed face down to form a draw pile. A meld can consist of up to seven cards.Īt the beginning of each round, each player is dealt 11 cards. A player can also create a meld by adding cards to an existing meld. To create a meld, players must have at least three cards of the same rank in their hand.

The game is played over several rounds, and the player with the highest score at the end of the game is the winner. The objective of Samba is to score points by creating melds of three or more cards of the same rank.