It can be described as a simpler, easier version of Canasta for beginners. Hand and Foot uses about 5 or 6 decks of standard playing cards and is played with 2-6 players. The objective of Hand and Foot is to be the first to get rid of all of your cards and for your team to have the most points.įor more rummy type games, check out our guides for Classic Canasta and Gin. If you are looking for playing cards to play Hand and Foot with, check out a standard pack here or one of our recent arrivals here.īefore the game begins an initial dealer must be chosen. To do so, every player is given a card from a shuffled deck and whoever receives the highest card becomes the first dealer. The initial dealer shuffles the deck and the player to their right cuts it. The dealer then passes two sets of 11 cards one by one clockwise to each of the 4 players. The first set of 11 is called the Hand and the last set of 11 is called the Foot. The remaining cards are placed faced down to form the stock. The top card of the stock is turned upright and placed to the side to form the discard pile. The dealer position rotates clockwise at the end of each round. Teammates sit across from each other and work together to form the more melds than the other team. Melds are formed by matching cards of the same rank. Melds are shared within the teams so, teammates can build upon their own melds. The Jokers and 2s in the deck are wildcards and can be used to build upon any meld. (In Hand and Foot, there are two stacks that players must meld to win) Melds must have, however, more natural cards than wildcards in them. The gameplay moves clockwise and begins with the player clockwise to the dealer. At the beginning of their turn they must take a card from either the stock or the discard pile. To take a card from the discard pile, the top card must either begin a meld or build upon one already made. If you take from the discard pile, you must take all of the cards in the discard pile.
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