Points can be scored by forming melds of three or more cards and canastas, which are melds of seven cards. The object of Triple Play is to score more points than your opponents over the course of four hands. From one Illinois Canasta club, the game began to spread nationwide. Henberger kept working on the game and playtesting it, before finally introducing it to her local Canasta club, to great success. That night, she and three of her friends began discussing the possibility of adding new rules to their usual Canasta game to stave off boredom. We even have an exact date when Henberger first began thinking of creating the game: New Year’s Eve, 2005. Not so with Triple Play-it was invented by Sue Henberger of Huntley, Illinois.
Most widely-played games evolved over time, their creators lost to history.
However, while Hand and Foot requires a player to play out their hand and one extra hand, in Triple Play, you have two extra hands to get rid of, or three in all! That means a Triple Play player effectively has a 39-card hand! Like Hand and Foot, Triple Play gives each player extra hands of cards they must play through before going out. Triple Play, also known as Hand, Knee, and Foot, is a variation on Canasta for four players in partnerships. Home » Blog » Triple Play (Hand, Knee, and Foot) Triple Play (Hand, Knee, and Foot)
