Can(am)asta™

About the Book

Clubs, hearts, spades and diamonds are the four suits of any card game. But Can(Am)asta™ is no ordinary card game. It combines Canadian rules with American rules, and leads to a whole lot of fun for anyone who embraces the competitive spirit that comes with playing cards with friends and family. Hinda Packard and Nancy Kaplan love the game of canasta. Yet as they learned to play, it soon became evident that every person followed a different set of rules; some easy and others quite challenging. In a comprehensive handbook tailored to canasta players of all levels, Packard and Kaplan outline easy-to-follow guidelines that include instructions on how to play Can(Am)asta™ using insider tips and strategies, information on rules and scoring, definitions of special hands, strategies to make the game more interesting, and optional rules for playing for money. Through their teachings, it is their hope that others will derive as much enjoyment from the game as they have. I (Heart) Canasta shares proven insider tips, strategies, and easy-to-follow instructions for anyone interested in learning and winning a new version of canasta.

About the Author

Hinda Packard has been playing and teaching canasta for years, and is the creator of Can(Am)asta™ a new version of canasta. Hinda is author of a multi-ethnic cookbook, mother of two daughters, and grandmother to four. Now retired, she lives with her husband in Cote St. Luc, Quebec. Nancy Kaplan was born in New Brunswick, and grew up in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. She has been playing—with great enjoyment—the game of Canasta for the last several years. Nancy is happily married and has one daughter and three-step-sons. She is also the grandmother of seven grandchildren.