Multiplayer Canasta

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.