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Hand and foot rotation for 7 players

7 players make one table of 6, 1 person sits out each round. The chart below runs 4 rounds; print it with a score card for each player.

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Hand and foot rotation for 7 players

Hand and Foot · 7 players · 4 rounds · 1 table of 6, 1 person sits out each round

RoundTable 1 (6 seats)Sits out
17 & 4 v 2 & 3 v 1 & 56
23 & 5 v 7 & 6 v 4 & 12
32 & 7 v 1 & 3 v 4 & 65
47 & 1 v 4 & 5 v 6 & 23

Numbers are players. Give each guest a number as they arrive; partners are joined with & and sit across from each other.

Running hand and foot for 7

For 7 players you will need 1 table, 7 decks with jokers (7 for the table of 6), and 2 sheets of paper for the score cards (four to a page). With 6 or 8 players nobody would sit out.

A hand and foot game runs four hands, so many groups switch partners after each game, or after each hand at a quicker party. Partners sit across at a table of 4. At a table of 6, three teams of two sit alternately around the table.

With 7 players the chart uses a table of 6, so only 1 person sits out each round. If you would rather keep every table at 4, the planner can do that with 3 people sitting out each round.

Sit-outs can't come out exactly even over 4 rounds: 3 people never sit out and the rest sit out once. Play 7 rounds if you want everyone to sit out the same number of times.

Each score card lists that player's table, partner and opponents for every round. Want names on them, a different number of rounds or a fresh shuffle? Open this chart in the planner.

Charts for other sizes

Other games and any number of players: card party rotation planner. Running duplicate? See the Howell and Mitchell movements.