When you start the game, you will see the basic layout of Canfield solitaire in the Game window: The "deck" in the upper left corner, the four "foundations" to the right of the deck, the "stock" below the deck, and the four columns of the "tableau" below the foundations.
As the game begins, Canfield deals eighteen cards from the deck: thirteen into the stock, one into each column in the tableau, and one to the first foundation. All cards are face up.
THE GAME
The object of the game is to build all the cards face up on the foundations. Each foundation builds upward in sequence, starting from the card value which Canfield dealt to the first foundation. Canfield shows the value which must be used to start each foundation pile in the empty foundations. Only the next higher card of the same suit can be added to the foundation, with the ace playing on the king. Cards may be moved to the foundation from the tableau, the deck or the stock.
Build on the face-up cards in the tableau in descending sequence of alternating colors (shades on the Macintosh screen). For example, only the 9 of hearts or diamonds ("red" suits) may play on the 10 of spades (a "black" suit). All the cards in a column may be moved as a single unit onto another column, if suits and values permit. (You are allowed to move a single card from the top of a pile to another pile, but you will be assessed a scoring penalty. See Scoring.) The lowest card of a sequence is always available to play to a foundation.
Whenever all the cards in a column are moved, the top card of the stock may be moved into the empty column. Once the stock has been exhausted, the empty column may be filled from the deck.
