About Free Printable Cassino Rules
Free printable Cassino card game rules — capture, build, trail, sweeps, Big Cassino, Little Cassino, aces, and the full scoring chart. Play to 11 or 21 points.
How to use
- Choose your print style. Full color renders the example diagrams with red hearts and diamonds against clean white card faces — great as a game-night reference. Ink-saver switches to all-black suits for an economical class set or home printer.
- Choose whether to show card diagrams. Diagrams on (the default) includes the initial table layout, an example of capture-by-combining, a building example, and a sweep illustration. Switch to text only for the most compact, fewest-pages version.
- Read the preview to confirm it is what you want — the rules flow from the objective and setup, through the three turn actions (capture, build, trail), single vs. multiple builds, end-of-round handling, the full 11-point scoring chart, and the most common variants (Royal Cassino, Spade Cassino, Draw Cassino).
- Click Print Rules to send it to your printer or save it as a PDF. The full illustrated guide prints cleanly across a few standard letter or A4 pages; choose Text only for the shortest possible reference card.
Frequently asked questions
How many points do you need to win Cassino?
The standard targets are 11 or 21 points — agree on the target before the first deal. Each round distributes 11 fixed points (Most Cards 3 + Most Spades 1 + Big Cassino 2 + Little Cassino 1 + four Aces at 1 each) plus 1 point per sweep. 21-point games take 3–4 rounds; 11-point games are quicker, and 11 is the historical English Cassino target.
What are Big Cassino and Little Cassino?
Big Cassino is the 10 of diamonds — worth 2 points to whoever captures it (the highest single-card prize). Little Cassino is the 2 of spades — worth 1 point. Little Cassino also counts toward Most Spades and Most Cards. Each ace is worth an additional 1 point.
What is the difference between capturing and building?
Capturing takes table cards immediately — by pairing (same rank) or combining (table cards summing to your played card's value). Building sets up a future capture: you lay your played card on table cards, announce the build's value (e.g. 'building 9'), and capture the pile on a later turn. You may only declare a build if you already hold a card that can capture it.
What is a sweep in Cassino?
A sweep happens when a single capture takes every card currently on the table, leaving it empty. Each sweep is worth 1 bonus point. Mark it by placing the capturing card face-up across your captured pile. The final clean-up of leftover table cards at round's end does NOT count as a sweep.
Can face cards combine in Cassino?
In classic Cassino, face cards (J, Q, K) capture only by pairing, and only one matching face card per play. In the Royal Cassino variant, face cards gain numerical values (J = 11, Q = 12, K = 13) and aces may count as 1 or 14, letting them participate in combining and building.
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