Modern American Canasta score sheet
- Eight hands, with a row for each team.
- Columns for canastas and bonuses, threes, melded cards, penalties, the hand score and the running total.
- A spot to circle each team's next first meld minimum: 125, 155 or 180.
- What threes score, plus canasta values and penalties, printed at the bottom so nobody has to look them up.
Modern American Canasta rules card
- The game on one page: the deal, a turn, the cards you can never discard, taking the pile, threes, melds and canastas, going out.
- The three first meld minimums, 125, 155 and 180, and what a clean triple means.
- The rules for 7s, aces and wild cards, which trip up most new players.
- Canasta bonuses, card values and every penalty along the bottom.
Modern American Canasta special hands
- All ten special hands, with the shape of each one, what it is and what it scores.
- When you can lay one down, and what happens to both teams' scores when you do.
- A whole hand scored step by step, the ordinary way, from canastas down to the cards left in your hand.
- Which parts tables disagree on, since special hands vary more than any other rule.
Classic canasta score sheet
- Ten hands, with a row for each side, since the classic game runs to 5,000 over as many hands as it takes.
- Red threes get a column of their own, because they are scored apart from the melded cards.
- A spot to circle each side's next first meld minimum: 15, 50, 90 or 120.
- Bonuses and card values at the bottom, including what a side loses by never melding.
Classic canasta rules card
- The whole game on one page: the deal, a turn, melds and canastas, the first meld, threes and going out.
- The discard pile in full, frozen and unfrozen, and what it takes to pick it up either way.
- The two and three player games, cutthroat included, in a box of their own.
- The rules tables disagree on, so you can settle them before the first deal.
Hand and Foot score sheet
- All four rounds, with a row for each team and the round's first meld printed beside it.
- Columns for books and bonuses, red threes, melded cards, cards left, the round score and the running total.
- Book values and card values at the bottom.
- A line of house rules to settle before the first deal, since Hand and Foot has no standard rulebook.
Hand and Foot rules card
- The whole game on one page: the deal, a turn, taking the pile, your foot, melds and books, going out and scoring.
- The four rounds and their first meld minimums.
- The house rules to agree on before you deal.
- Handy for a new player at the table, or for a group that plays once a year.
Hand, Knee and Foot score sheet
- All four rounds, with a row for each team and the round's first meld printed beside it.
- Columns for canastas and bonuses, red threes, melded cards, cards left, the round score and the running total.
- The five canastas you need to go out, with what each one scores, and what a card left in a hand, knee or foot costs you.
- A line of choices to settle before the first deal, since clubs play it a little differently.
Printing tips
- Print at actual size, or 100 percent, so the columns stay roomy.
- The colors are light tints, so the sheets print fine in black and white.
- If a game runs past the last row, start a second sheet and carry your running totals over.
New to scoring? The Modern American Canasta rules, the classic canasta rules, the Hand and Foot rules and the Hand, Knee and Foot rules all explain each part of the score and work through a whole hand or round.
Looking for a table to bring them to? Our where to play page lists clubs, library groups and classes, state by state.