If the pile contains a wildcard it will be 'frozen'. The discard pile is blocked for the next player if the previous player has discarded a black 3. As soon as you have taken a card from the discard pile and added it to your cards laid or started to lay a new meld you can buy the entire discard pile. You can “buy” the discard pile by adding the top card to an existing meld, or start a new meld with the top card.

If a meld is laid that has the same value as one already on the table, they will be combined. In later rounds you can to add to your melds. The requirement is that the cards must be of the same value (for example three 4s, three 5s etc.) Wildcards can be used to complete melds, however they may not outnumber the regular cards and not more than 3 wildcards can be laid at a time. Laying/meldsĪfter taking a card you can start laying combinations. All other cards are called regular cards with Canasta. Should you pick up a red 3 from the deck, this must be played immediately and another card can be taken in its place. With Canasta 2s and jokers are so called wildcards, which can replace any card when laying. With the button 'Reverse' you can pick up cards again that you have laid. Every move consists of taking at least one card from one of the piles and discarding a card. The stack of cards with the face up cards is the discard pile. The remaining cards form the discard pile. Upon entering the game, the player’s cards are fanned out on the table in front of them. Every player is dealt 15 cards (with 2 players) or 11 cards (with 4 players).

With 4 players, the game is played with 2 teams that play against each other. GameplayĬanasta is played with 2 decks of 52 cards each and 4 jokers (altogether 108 cards). You may also chat with players using the chat function.

You can view the number of cards on the deck and the number of cards that your opponents are holding next to the relevant player name. Below the player names you can view the number of points that the players have already achieved in this game. If you start a new game you decide who is allowed to join the table, how high the stakes are, up to how many points the game is played (between 10) and how many players can participate (2 or 4 players).ĭisplayed to the right of the table is the current player, the time remaining for the current turn, as well as the number of points you need to achieve to win. Start a new game or join one started by a fellow player.

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