Play Canfield Solitaire Online - The Challenging Classic

Canfield Solitaire, also known as Demon, is a challenging classic variant with unique features: a 13-card reserve pile and foundations that start at a random rank! This creates endless variety and requires adaptable strategy.

How to Play Canfield Solitaire

Objective: Move all cards to the four foundation piles, building them up by suit.

Unique Features

• Random Foundation Base: Foundations don't always start with Ace - the first card dealt determines the base rank!
• 13-Card Reserve: A special reserve pile that auto-fills empty tableau spaces
• Wrapping Foundations: Foundations wrap around (if base is 7, build 7,8,9,10,J,Q,K,A,2,3,4,5,6)
• Stock Pile: Draw 3 cards at a time through the remaining deck with unlimited redeals

Basic Rules

• Tableau builds down in alternating colors (wraps from Ace to King)
• Foundations build up by suit starting from the base rank (wraps from King to Ace)
• Move sequences: You can move properly built card sequences as a unit
• Empty tableau spaces: Can only be filled by cards from the reserve pile
• When reserve is empty, any card can fill empty tableau spaces
• Reserve automatically fills empty tableau spaces when cards are moved

Winning Strategy Tips

• Understand the base rank - Plan your strategy around the random starting rank
• Manage the reserve - It auto-fills tableau, use this to your advantage
• Clear the reserve first - Priority is emptying the 13-card reserve pile
• Build foundation evenly - Keep all four foundations at similar heights
• Watch for wraps - Remember both foundations (K→A) and tableau (A→K) wrap

Why Play Canfield Solitaire?

• Unique Every Time - Random base rank creates variety
• Historic Classic - One of the oldest solitaire variants
• Challenging - Harder than Klondike
• 100% Free - No ads, downloads, or signups

Master the classic Canfield Solitaire - where adaptability wins!