When all 8 piles are topped with cards that DO NOT match each other, each player picks up the four piles directly in front of him or her and adds them to the bottom of the stack in their hand. You should be maintaining 8 piles as you play.īoth players are trying to cover matches at the same time whoever is faster will be able to play more cards. Now that there are new cards down, continue to look for new matches, and continue to cover any cards that match with new cards from your hand.
If you can see cards that match, immediately cover each of them with a card from your hand. Look at all eight cards to see if there are any matches (two fours, two Queens, etc. To begin, each player lays out four cards, face up, in front of themselves. The object of the game is to get rid of all your cards. Deal all the cards out between two players, so each player ends up with half the deck. Between the rules and the video, you should be ready to start playing in about 10 minutes! Since it’s sometimes hard to read rules and make sense of how the game goes, I’ve also made another video which walks you through an entire game (see below). The team that goes out is also awarded 100 points.I’ll go through the rules right here. If a team starts to and then fails to complete a Wild book before the round ends, 2,500 points are subtracted from their score. The value of completed books are as follows: To calculate a team’s score, subtract the point value of un-melded cards to the point value of melded cards Once a team has completed a Clean and Dirty book and once one of the players in that team has played all of the cards in their Foot, they may go out and end the round. A Wild book is a book made of all Wildcards. A Dirty book is a book made with naturals and wildcards. A clean book is a book made of all naturals. When a meld reaches seven cards, it is called a book and it is flipped over to prevent more cards from being built on it. The first meld of any round must at least be worth 60 points.Īfter a player makes all of the moves they can, they end their turn by discarding one card. To begin their turn, a player first draws two cards from the stock pile. Players start with their Hand deck and then, after they’ve played all of their cards, begin playing their Foot deck. Gameplay moves clockwise, starting with the player left of the dealer.
Melds must begin with at least three cards. A meld is a group cards of the same ranks. Points are awarded when teams meld their cards. The top card of the stock is then flipped over and placed to the side to form the discard pile. Players should separate the Hand and Foot into two decks. The first eleven cards are known as the Hand and the second set is known as the Foot. The dealer then shuffles the decks and passes out twenty-two cards, one by one, clockwise to each player. Whomever draws the highest card gets the honor of being the first dealer.
Teammates should sit across from each other.īefore gameplay can begin, every player draws a card from the deck. To set up a game of Hand and Foot, players need to form a circle around a stable playing area. Like regular Canasta, the objective of Hand and Foot is to make the most melds and to be the first team to go out. It is most commonly played in teams of two. Hand and Foot can be played by 2-6 people. It requires 5-6 decks of standard playing cards and is suitable for ages 12 and up. Hand and Foot is a much easier variation of the rummy-type card game Canasta.
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