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Rules of Solitaire

Rules of some of the most popular solitaires: Spider, FreeCell, Klondike, Pyramid, Canfield, Golf, and others.

 

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Canfield Solitaire Rules

(Canfield type; 1 deck; unlimited redeals)

  • Game time: Medium

  • Difficulty level: Easy

  • Skill level: Mostly chance

  • Chance of winning: Low; about 1 in 30; 3.3%

Object of the game: To move all the cards to the foundations.

Solitaire Rules
The base card (the first card dealt) for this game will vary.

Foundations
(4 piles: complete these piles to win the game)

  • Build up in suit (for example, a 5 can be played on a 4) from the base card to rank just below the base card until each pile contains 13 cards.

  • Ranking of cards is continuous: build Ace after King when necessary.

Tableau
(4 columns)

  • Build down in alternating colors (for example, a 10 can be played on a Jack).

  • Ranking of cards is continuous: build King after Ace when necessary.

  • The top card of each pile is available for play on foundations or tableau.

  • An entire packed sequence may be moved to another tableau pile. Parts of a sequence may not be moved.

  • Spaces are automatically filled by the top card of the reserve. When the reserve is empty, spaces may be filled from the waste (never from the tableau).

Reserve
(1 pile of 13 cards)

  • The top card is available for play on foundations or tableau.

Stock

  • Click once on the stock to deal a packet of three cards at a time to the waste.

  • Unlimited redeals are permitted until the game is blocked or won.

Waste
(1 pile)

The top card is available for play on foundations or tableau.

 
Spider

Spider is one of the most popular two-decks solitaire card games. The game is said to have been a particular favourite of Franklin D. Roosevelt. 

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FreeCell

FreeCell is one of the most popular one-deck solitaire card games. The popularity of the game grew thanks to Jim Horne that wrote one first alphanumeric version for the DOS and a second one for Windows.

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