1 Deck. Medium (35%) Mostly Skill.
Object
To move all the cards to the .
Layout
• | 4 piles (top right) - build from the of first card dealt to the first pile, from King to Ace as necessary, until each pile contains 13 cards. |
• | 4 piles (below ) - build . Move groups of cards if they are in sequence . Spaces are filled from the if possible, then by any card. At the start of the game 1 card is dealt to each pile. |
• | (top left, face down) - turn over 1 or 3 cards at a time, by clicking. Unlimited . |
• | (next to ) - Top card always available for play on the or . |
• | (left of ) - Top card always available for play on the or . At the start of the game 13 cards are dealt here. |
Options
• | Rules - selects whether 1 card or 3 cards at a time are turned over from the . This option is set in the options menu. |
AutoPlay
History
Canfield is named after the owner of a gambling salon in Saratoga in the 1890s, who sold decks of cards to customers for $50 and paid 5 dollars for each card played to the during the game. In England this game is called "Demon". Mary Whitmore Jones in her 1899 book Games of Patience says that Demon (Canfield) "is by far the best game for one pack that has yet been invented."
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