Partnership Hand and Foot for Four Players
A number of variations are then given - I would like to thank Barbara Bain, Dave Petrie, Brian Brouillette and Steve Simpson for providing information about these.Īlthough most people say that Hand and Foot is best played by four people in partnerships, it can also be played by six in two teams of three, or by any number of people playing as individuals. The most usual version is for four players in partnership, and this will be described first these rules were contributed by Bill Whitnack. There are numerous variations of this game and no standard rules. Hand and Foot is a North American game related to Canasta, in which each player is dealt two sets of cards - the hand, which is played first, and the foot, which is played when the hand has been used up.
BICYCLE CANASTA RULES FOR TWO PLAYERS CODE
Ībove: Canasta Joker by Strong & Ready Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand.Ībove: Waddington’s “Canasta” set containing the official rules booklet and a Canasta Tray, c.1950.Ībove: Waddington's “Canasta” set with a rules booklet (a code on the rear page suggests 1950) and a slip offering a help service by the Canasta Rules Committee.Ībove: Waddington’s “Real Canasta” set, patented by Cobianchi in February 1951, the patent being granted in January 1952, also includes an official rules booklet and score sheet, 1952.Ībove: De la Rue boxed “Canasta” set, c.1950.Ībove: De la Rue boxed “Canasta” set, c.1962.Ībove: Piatnik “Canasta” set, 1990s or later.Home :: Card games :: Rummy Games Hand and Foot Morehead, printed by Alf Cooke Ltd, Leeds & London. The cards are gilt edged and of super smooth feel and quality.Ībove: Official Rules booklet for “Canasta” arranged by Albert H.
BICYCLE CANASTA RULES FOR TWO PLAYERS PLUS
The set comprises two identical decks, both with two jokers, plus a rules leaflet. Images courtesy John Daniels.Ībove: Canasta No.2302 set manufactured in Austria with value points marked on the cards, c.1990.Īcknowledgements: thanks to Matt Probert for research and images (unless noted otherwise) and to Cristina Lia Broquen for notes about the Uruguayan origin of the game Canasta.Ībove: painting by Ramón Espino Barros (1918-2000) on the reverse of a double Canasta set printed by Clemente Jacques y Cia., S.A., Mexico, c.1950Ībove: USPCC Congress “Canasta” leaflet, c.1950.Ībove: USPCC Congress “Canasta” set, 1950. Variations of Canasta include three-deck Canasta, using three identical decks of 52 cards plus six jokers and Samba which also uses three decks and six jokers.Ībove: assorted boxes for ‘Canasta’ and ‘Samba’, another variation on the Canasta theme, with romantic touristic Mexican imagery, produced in Australia by Hudson Industries Pty Ltd. The standard Canasta set has been rebadged for Guinness - the rules booklet has a different cover but is the same inside (click image to zoom). Fourvel y Cía, Buenos Aires, c.1948, with a reference to ‘Canasta’ on the box.Ībove Guinness promotion Canasta set by Waddingtons, c.1951. Image courtesy Ken Lodge.Ībove 3rd grade quality Naipes Side Car manufactured by Luis A. These include table covers for Canasta games (1949),Ībove: Waddington’s “Real Canasta” custom playing cards without suit signs but no point values printed on the cards, 1952.Ībove: Canasta cards manufactured in Australia by the Valentine Group with a Mexican style Joker and value points marked on the cards. This has led to the production of custom Canasta cards, without suit signs, and ordinary decks with scores printed on the cards.Ĭustom dual decks of cards, not dissimilar to those produced for bridge, but with the same back-design and colour have also been marketed by among others the US Playing Card Company, Waddington’s, De La Rue and Piatnik.Ī number of patent applications relating to Canasta began to appear after 1949. Unusually, only two suits are recognised in Canasta - red and black, and different denominations of cards score differently. It is for this reason that manufacturers commenced adding two jokers to packs of playing cards, rather than just one, in around 1950. The word “Canasta” is Spanish, meaning “basket”.Ĭanasta is best played by four players forming two partnerships using two identical decks each of 52 cards plus two jokers (which are wild cards, hence they sometimes carrying the legend ‘wild’ rather than ‘joker’ in Canasta decks), totalling 108 cards. In 1949 it was introduced into the USA where it quickly became the most popular card game before being knocked off the top place by contract bridge. By 1948 it was exceedingly popular in the fashionable clubs of Argentina and from there it spread to the rest of South America.
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