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Multiplayer Canasta
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Version
1.5.0
This game is played by 4 players with two decks of
cards and 4 jokers , you and the player sitting
opposite are partners. At the start of a hand 11 cards
are dealt to each player, and then one card is turned
from the stock cards to form the discard pile. In this
game, 2 and jokers are wild cards, and the basic
objective of this game is to form melds. A meld is 3
or more cards of the same rank with at most 2 wild
cards and at least 2 natural cards (non wild cards).
When a meld is formed, it is laid out on the table for
everyone to see. During a player's turn, he can either
take the top card from the stock pile, form melds if
he can, and then discard a card to the discard pile;
or use the top card from the discard pile to form a
meld with cards on his hand or with existing melds,
and then take the entire discard pile, and then form
melds if he can, and then discard a card to the
discard pile. 3's are special cards and cannot form
melds, when a red 3 is received, it is immediately
laid out on the table and a new card is drawn. When a
wild card is played on the discard pile the discard
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