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Room: 2 Player, Beginner Tab, "Blue Toes"
When you go to set up a table, the setup screen will look like the picture below:
Set ALL settings to what you see up there.
Password will be house.
Host will announce what the game-winning score will be.
The only thing that will change when setting up a table is
"Minimum canastas required to meld out" and "Players cannot ever pick up the discard pile".
If a variation states "NO PICKING UP THE PILE", then set that option when setting a table.
Here are our variations, rules, and setups accordingly:
Normal rules. Draw 2, 2 canastas to go out.
Play ONE HAND of regular canasta, highest score wins after that hand.
Draw 2, 2 canastas to go out.
You MUST have EXACTLY THREE canastas to go out! Set for Draw 2,
2 canastas to go out, but REMEMBER YOU NEED EXACTLY THREE CANASTAS to go out.
ACES ONLY on inital meld! All other melding on following turns.
Draw 2, 2 canastas to go out.
J's and K's MUST BE MELDED before going out. Draw 2, 2 canastas to go out.
Q's and A's MUST BE MELDED before going out. Draw 2, 2 canastas to go out.
Whoever makes a canasta first, the opponent must make a canasta HIGHER than that. (Example: If opponent makes a canasta in 6's, you MUST make one in 7's or higher only! If the first canasta is in ACES, then NO OTHER canastas can be made!) All other regular rules apply. Draw 2, 1 canasta to go out.
Whatever your opponent melds, you can NOT! (Example: If opponent melds 8's first, you cannot meld them at all!) All other regular rules apply. Draw 2, 1 canasta to go out.
Keep ALL FACE CARDS (J,Q,K) in your hand until you go out! You can discard face cards if you wish, but DON'T MELD ANY FACE CARDS until you go out! Draw 2, 2 canastas to go out.
First player to to get a canasta wins the round! Draw 2, 2 canastas to go out.
You MUST meld 7's FIRST, and one of them MUST BE RED. Wild is allowed, but make SURE you have a red 7! Canasta's allowed in 7 to Ace ONLY! Draw 2, 2 canastas to go out.
The 8's work like the black 3's do: DO NOT meld 8's until you're going out, and
cannot pick up the pile if opponent discards an 8. Draw 2, 2 canastas to go out.
Canastas in 3's to 7's ONLY! 8's to Aces are DISCARDS ONLY!
NO picking up the pile! Draw 2, 1 canasta to go out.
Meld and canasta in EVEN CARDS ONLY! (4,6,8,10,Q,A) All other cards
are DISCARDS! NO picking up the pile! Draw 2, 1 canasta to go out.
Kings MUST BE in initial meld! No kings, NO MELD! Draw 2, 2 canastas to go out.
Meld and canasta 8's to Aces ONLY! 3's to 7's are solely DISCARDS.
Also, CANNOT pickup the discard pile! Draw 2, 1 canasta to go out.
You MUST meld Queens FIRST! Wilds may be used,
but no Queens, NO MELD! Draw 2, 2 Canastas to go out.
8's, 9's and 10's are DISCARDS ONLY! You can NOT pick up the pile. If you make a NATURAL canasta in Queens (without wilds that is), then it's an automatic win for the round. Draw 2, 1 canasta to go out. (Thanks to BEARCUB3570 for coming up with this one - it's awesome!)
You MUST MELD in each number (4 to Ace) BEFORE you can
make a canasta! Draw 2, 1 canasta to go out.
NO WILDS in initial meld! Draw 2, 2 canastas to go out.
J,Q,K,A are DISCARDS ONLY! NO picking up of the pile! Draw 2, 1 canasta to go out.
NO FREEZING OF THE DECK (except for black 3's)! If the deck is frozen before first card is drawn, then play it out, but don't freeze it again! Draw 2, 2 canastas to go out.
You CANNOT meld OR canasta with J's or K's! Jokers may ONLY be used to
FINISH A CANASTA, not as part of meld! Draw 2, 1 canasta to go out.
You can meld anything, but NO picking up the pile,
and NO going out! Draw 2, 2 canastas to go out.
NO CANASTAS in J,Q,K, or A! They CAN be melded, just don't make
a canasta in those! Draw 2, 1 canasta to go out.
Meld and canasta in ODD CARDS ONLY! (3,5,7,9,J,K) All other cards
are DISCARDS! NO picking up the pile! Draw 2, 1 canasta to go out.
Must have 10 to Ace melded BEFORE GOING OUT! Draw 2, 2 canastas to go out.
NO CANASTAS until 6's and 9's have been melded! Draw 2, 2 canastas to go out.
This one will only be hosted by those that can "gift" bux.
Host will choose the "who" and tell one other person in confidence.
The FIRST PLAYER that beat the "who" gets 100 bonus bux!
If the "who" wins the first game, then the "who" gets the
100 bonus bux! Draw 2, 2 canastas to go out.
Canastas in 9's and 5's ONLY! Everything else you can meld. Draw 2, 1 canasta to go out.
