How many decks are needed for 6 players?
1763187
We have always played up to 4 decks with 4-6 players, but you can include more decks if you want the game to go on.
1763188
Have only played with up to 4 players which is 2 decks. Just read the other 2 answers where 1 person said 2 decks and 1 person said 3 decks.
1763189
Six hand canasta....the rules of 4 handed apply, except as follows: There may be 2 partnerships of 3 players each, seated A B A B A B, each player seated between 2 opponents, OR, there may be 3 partnerships of 2 players each, seated A B C A B C. A triple pack is used.....three 52-card packs plus 6 jokers, all shuffled together....13 cards dealt to each player. When there are 3 partnerships, game is 7,500, when there are 2 partnerships, game is 10,000m and when a side reaches 7,000, it needs 150 for its initial meld. Four red 3's count only 100 each; 5 red 3's 1000 each in all and six red 3's is 1200. A side needs 2 canasta to go out. This info was extracted from Official Rules of Card Games. Jim Six hand canasta....the rules of 4 handed apply, except as follows: There may be 2 partnerships of 3 players each, seated A B A B A B, each player seated between 2 opponents, OR, there may be 3 partnerships of 2 players each, seated A B C A B C. A triple pack is used.....three 52-card packs plus 6 jokers, all shuffled together....13 cards dealt to each player. When there are 3 partnerships, game is 7,500, when there are 2 partnerships, game is 10,000m and when a side reaches 7,000, it needs 150 for its initial meld. Four red 3's count only 100 each; 5 red 3's 1000 each in all and six red... » Read More Six hand canasta....the rules of 4 handed apply, except as follows: There may be 2 partnerships of 3 players each, seated A B A B A B, each player seated between 2 opponents, OR, there may be 3 partnerships of 2 players each, seated A B C A B C. A triple pack is used.....three 52-card packs plus 6 jokers, all shuffled together....13 cards dealt to each player. When there are 3 partnerships, game is 7,500, when there are 2 partnerships, game is 10,000m and when a side reaches 7,000, it needs 150 for its initial meld. Four red 3's count only 100 each; 5 red 3's 1000 each in all and six red 3's is 1200. A side needs 2 canasta to go out. This info was extracted from Official Rules of Card Games. Jim « Show Less
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Six hand canasta....the rules of 4 handed apply, except as follows: There may be 2 partnerships of 3 players each, seated A B A B A B, each player seated between 2 opponents, OR, there may be 3 partnerships of 2 players each, seated A B C A B C. A triple pack is used.....three 52-card packs plus 6 jokers, all shuffled together....13 cards dealt to each player. When there are 3 partnerships, game is 7,500, when there are 2 partnerships, game is 10,000m and when a side reaches 7,000, it needs 150 for its initial meld. Four red 3's count only 100 each; 5 red 3's 1000 each in all and six red 3's is 1200. A side needs 2 canasta to go out. This info was extracted from Official Rules of Card Games. Jim
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We've used 2 decks for six players and it worked well. The only draw back is that your draw card pile will go down faster, so making a canasta is much more challenging even with a partner.
1736035
No. In this version, you do get six different colors of armies. Thus, six players can play.
1686141
I would say that four would be the minimum you would want to have. We spent most of the time playing with only four people, and it was still fantastic.
1852399
This one has six sets of dice to accommodate more players. The regular packs I've seen only have 4 sets of dice.
1831781
This is a LOT of fun for all eight players. No duds. You must have exactly eight players, however. It doesn't work otherwise.
688782
You need 2 players. The more players will limit the players on options. Each player is dealt 7 cards and the rest as the draw pile. I would say 2 to 4 players to make the game more interesting.
2118772
Theoretically, you can play with as many people as you want. You just need two white dice and two black dice for each person around the table. It would probably end up being really convoluted and complicated with more than five people, and would likely be a really, really long game, and you'd have to worry about the narrative breaking down, but it would also likely be a lot of fun and would be pretty insane near the end.Four is the preferred number, five is the suggested maximum as per the rules, however.
632695
You need 2 decks of Canasta cards for 4 people. We use 2 decks with 6 people but then you only deal 11 cards instead of 13 to each player.
1524340
We played with 9 but I think 3 or 4 would work just fine. I don't think there is a maximum if your table can accommodate.
1640161
I have several extentions and I play with 2 to 6 players depending on who's available.
532234
Yes, you can play as few as three. Of course, the recommended number of players is probably four+.
563257
We have used just the one deck with up to 7 people. I think if I was going to have any additional people in the game, two decks would be better.
191080
Yes. Up to 6 can play but I have only played with 1 other person and it goes well.
706762
Playing with six people is not something I would recommend. It seems that the more players you have, the lower your chances of winning.
434860
actually the 5 to 6 player expansion works well with more expansion pieces to play seafarers, I have used it myself to play a few games like this and love it, and the guys who made this also released a pdf file for donators to use multiple expansion pieces to make a complete board, I am sure if you get one you can drop them an email asking for the pdf file
2118774
Theoretically, you can play with as many people as you want. You just need two white dice and two black dice for each person around the table. It would probably end up being really convoluted and complicated with more than five people, and would likely be a really, really long game, and you'd have to worry about the narrative breaking down, but it would also likely be a lot of fun and would be pretty insane near the end. Four is the preferred number, five is the suggested maximum as per the rules, however.
2103580
You can play with 2,3, or 5 decks. There are rules for each game. Our favorite is playing with all five decks.