Multiplayer Canasta - 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