PAN

The game is played using eight decks with all eights, nines and tens removed. The deck is stripped of one complete set of spades. There are 310 total cards in play. Aces are always low; there are no jokers.

OBJECT

Players strive to "meld" eleven cards in valid sets of three or more cards. There are two kinds of melds.

Rope: Examples: A*2*3*4*5* or J*Q*K*. Ropes must be of matching suits.

Square: Examples: 4*4*4*, 7*7*7*, or J*J*J*. Squares consisting of the ranks, 2,3,4,5,6,7, Jack or Queen must be either all cards of different suits or all of the same unit. Squares consisting of Kings or Aces qualify regardless of suit.