How to Play Canfield Solitaire
Learn the rules of Canfield Solitaire
Objective
Move all 52 cards to four foundations that build up in the same suit, wrapping past King back to Ace. Drain the 13-card reserve to win.
The Layout
- Reserve — 13 cards stacked; only the top is playable
- Four short tableau columns of 1 card each
- Four foundations — all start at the rank of the dealer-seeded card and build up with suit, wrapping through K → A
- Stock & waste — draw 3 cards at a time; recycle the waste back into the stock as often as you need
Moving Cards
- Tableau builds descending in alternating colors
- Move single cards or whole tableau columns
- An emptied tableau column is automatically refilled from the reserve top
- Send reserve, waste, or tableau tops to the foundation when ranks line up
Tips & Strategy
- Always prefer reserve moves — emptying the reserve is the main lever
- Recycles are unlimited, but the draw-3 order stays fixed — track which cards surface together
- Build long tableau runs so they can be unloaded onto foundations later
- Use Undo to test alternative orderings