History of Canasta : A short introduction

Canasta was developed in 1939 in Montevideo, Uruguay by a bridge-playing partnership (Santos & Serrato). Using their card game experienc...

The Canasta deck

The deck contains a total of 108 cards. Canasta uses two full 52-card decks and 4 Jokers. You'll find the traditional 4 suits (♠︎ Spades, ♥︎...

Variants

Canasta Fun can be both as an individual (2 players, head-to-head) or in a team (4 players, 2 vs. 2). The two variants follow these rules:Th...

Aim of the game

In Canasta, the aim is to score more points than your opponent(s) by forming melds and canastas (sets of cards of the same rank) before the ...

Melds & Canastas

In Canasta Fun, there is no minimum point requirement to start placing melds.Melds consist of 3 or more cards of the same rank, for example,...

Going out

In Canasta Fun, the aim is to score more points than your opponent(s).The final move in the game is known as "going out". Going out is only ...

Dealing, Drawing and Discarding

After the cards are shuffled, 11 cards are dealt to each player (15 cards to each player in a 2-player game). The remaining cards are placed...

Scoring

In Canasta the card values do not correspond directly with the numbers shown on them. The natural cards are valued as follows:Aces: 20 ...

Short overview and scoring sheet

Here you'll find an overview of the Canasta Fun rules and a scoring sheet to help you and your friends keep score.Click here to open!If you ...

Glossary

BBonus cards: The red threes are bonus points. Their score is added or deducted at the end of the game.Block cards: The black threes ar...