Canasta!
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Free | Ironjaw Studios Private Limited | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Canasta, and its variations, appeals to card players of all skill levels. The gameplay is fast and is full of exciting twists. The rules are intricate but not difficult to follow. In fact, the accuracy of play demanded by the rules adds drama to the game.
Canasta in spanish means "Basket".
The principal objective of canasta is to form melds - combinations of three or more cards of the same rank - with or without the help of wild cards. (Sequences are not valid melds).
Canasta is a card game of the rummy family of games believed to be a variant of 500 Rum. Although many variations exist for two, three, five or six players, it is most commonly played by four in two partnerships with two standard decks of cards. Players attempt to make melds of seven cards of the same rank and "go out" by playing all cards in their hand.
Canasta for two players is the same as four-handed Canasta, in a two player game, each player plays for himself.
Canasta uses two complete decks of 52 playing cards (French Deck) plus the four Jokers. All the Jokers and twos are wild cards.
The initial dealer in canasta is chosen by any common method, although it should be remembered that there is no privilege or advantage to being the dealer. The dealer shuffles the pack, the player to the dealer's right cuts, and the dealer deals out 2 hands of 11 cards to each player.The remaining cards are left in a stack in the center of the table.
The player to the dealer's left has the first turn, and play then proceeds clockwise. A turn begins either by drawing the first card from the stock into the player's hand or by picking up the entire discard pile. If the card drawn from the stock is a red three, the player must play it immediately and draw another card.
A player "goes out" when no cards are left after a meld or discard. A player is not permitted to go out, however, unless there's at least one canasta.
In the game of canasta a meld comprising seven or more cards, including at least four natural cards (called a "base"), is a canasta. The side that first reaches a total of 5,000 wins a game.
Regardless of whether you’re a seasoned Canasta player or giving it a go for the first time, If you like card games, you’ll love Canasta!
And now you can play Canasta for free whenever and wherever you wish!
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***Canasta Features***
* Fully optimised to run smoothly on your device
* Beautiful and easy to use interface
* Touch friendly interface
* Excellent game graphics
* Compatible for both Tablet and Phone
Download Canasta for your phone and tablets today and have endless hours of fun.
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Reviews
Needs work
ALH765
The computer hand will discard its last card even though it hasn’t got a canasta this causes the game to freeze.
Simple Card Game & I Liked It
CarleighRai
This is a simple card game app. It doesn’t really have bugs, it’s just the designer made it simple without a lot of bells and whistles. I like it.
Don't Know Canasta
Carol1542
Have you ever played Canasta???? This is the most ridiculous version I've ever seen. Sorry, but get a Canasta rule book and read up on the subject. Real fans of the game should stay away.
Just horrible
LBlesSenkz
Other reviewers have already mentioned the lack of knowledge the developers have of basic Canasta rules. The game is also broken is too many ways to list here. The major bugs are: Some cards I drew stayed upside down in my hand so I had no idea what they were. The only thing I could do was discard them. The game would randomly not let me add the 7th card to create a meld. Just don’t waste your time. I can’t believe I just wasted more of mine with this review...
Trash app
PhantomShadow47
Cannot even select, draw or meld. I cannot even touch cards, this game doesn’t recognize my touch. What a piece of trash. DO.NOT.WASTE.YOUR.TIME.
Buggy
FrenchPoliSci
So as of this writing, there are two positive reviews which, honestly seem a bit suspicious. The game has a number of bugs including: 1) Allowing the AI to discard their final card without having a canasta, but not ending the game and having to draw one card the next round...which it can’t discard so you have to restart; 2) not recognizing that you have put the cards back after an unsuccessful meld with the discard pile, resulting in having to reset; and 3) to being able to discard when you have an unsuccessful meld from the discard pile resulting in having to reset the game. Those are the last three I came up against in the last 15 minutes of playing. As mentioned by others there are issues with the rules (e.g. diamond red 3s are put to side and add 100 pts. each to your score while hearts do not for some reason and are treated like black 3s) which also can cause frustration. Unlike what another reviewer wrote, it is buggy, not just a very simple app.
Hahaha!
101010202029
I had a red three in my Hand and it wouldn’t let me place it with my other one on the board. Then when I discarded my last card, I still had the red three ‘in my hand’ so the game thought I had one more card to play I still couldn’t move it up with the other so it continued to play as if that red three was a playable card - (but really couldn’t be played). I had to quit the ame to end it!
Sadly buggy
Midwest Rose
I like the layout of the screen compared to other versions, and I enjoyed a few complete games when i got it. There are several bugs, though, which have gotten in the way of enjoyment. 1: Doesn’t recognize unsuccessful meld to return card to discard pile, 2: Frequently freezes late in the game, 3: Allows you to take a frozen pile with a card you have already melded, rather than necessitating that you be holding the cards to unfreeze the deck.
Bugs
Jelliott333
This game is fun to play but it freezes a lot and you have to quit the game and start a whole new hand.
