If partner says no, you are not allowed to go out on that turn. If partner agrees you must meld all of your remaining cards, or meld all but one of your remaining cards and discard your last card. you must ask partner's permission to go out.
your partner must have picked up their "foot" and played at least part of one turn from it.your partnership must have completed at least two dirty piles, two clean piles and one wild pile (exactly seven cards in each).In order to be allowed to go out, you must satisfy all of the following conditions: The play ends when someone gets rid of all the cards in their "hand" and "foot", by melding or discarding them this is known as "going out".
You score points for cards you have melded, and lose points for any cards left in your hand at the end of the play. Usually the complete piles of seven cards are kept in front of one member of a partnership (along with red threes), while the other partner keeps the incomplete melds of three to six cards. While melds are fanned out face up, complete piles are squared up and the cards placed on top shows the type - a red card for a clean pile, a black card for a dirty pile, and a joker for a wild pile (or a two if it contains no joker).
(based on a contribution from Bill Whitnack) Players, Cards, Deal
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. Home :: Card games :: Rummy Games Hand and Foot