The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #71579   Message #1226451
Posted By: Burke
15-Jul-04 - 05:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: Solitaire types
Subject: RE: BS: Solitaire types
Don,
For Canfield (if its the game I'm thinking of), deal 13 into the reserve pile. Turn the next card to be the first foundation card & determine what card is the foundation for the other suits. Then turn the next 4 to create your Tableau.

Our family plays a killer multi-player variant on this. 13 cards in the reserve pile, but the foundations always begin with ace. Everyone plays on all the foundations. Round ends with 1st player emptying their reserve pile declaring "grump." (Thus we call it Grump) To score, separate all the cards played on the foundations. Count your cards & deduct 2 for every card still in the reserve pile. (i.e. 12 cards played, 5 in reserve -10, score is 2) With 3 or more players it gets really wild. It's much faster than a game where all cards must be played. With 2 players we often get stuck with no one able to play, with 3+ we almost always have a winner.