History of Canasta : A short introduction
Canasta was developed in 1939 in Montevideo, Uruguay by a bridge-playing partnership (Santos & Serra…
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The Canasta deck
The deck contains a total of 108 cards. Canasta uses two full 52-card decks and 4 Jokers.
You'll find…
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Aim of the game
In Canasta, the aim is to score more points than your opponent(s) by forming melds and canastas (set…
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Variants
Canasta Fun can be both as an individual (2 players, head-to-head) or in a team (4 players, 2 vs. 2)…
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Dealing, Drawing and Discarding
After the cards are shuffled, 11 cards are dealt to each player (15 cards to each player in a 2-play…
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Melds & Canastas
In Canasta Fun, there is no minimum point requirement to start placing melds.
Melds consist of 3 or m…
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Going out
In Canasta Fun, the aim is to score more points than your opponent(s).
The final move in the game is …
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Scoring
In Canasta the card values do not correspond directly with the numbers shown on them.
The natural car…
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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 frien…
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