The deal
A single deck is dealt face up: six rows across eight columns, then four cards over the central four columns. There is no stock.
Forty Thieves & two-deck builders · Grand Plaza
Canister Solitaire
A single deck is dealt face up: six rows across eight columns, then four cards over the central four columns. There is no stock.
Seed227783
Moves0
Timer00:00
Stock0
Statusin progress
Streak0
Select a face-up card, then a highlighted destination.
Playing the tableau
Build tableau columns downward in alternating colors. Correctly packed sequences move together; any card or valid sequence may enter an empty column. Foundations build by suit from Ace.
Goal and first plan
Transfer all 52 cards to four suit foundations.
The central columns begin one card longer. Scan their exposed tops for moves that reveal the extra buried card quickly.
Related games
Canister is part of Grand Plaza · Forty Thieves & two-deck builders and is a variant of Napoleon at St Helena. One deck is dealt completely, with alternating-color group moves and no stock.
More Forty Thieves & two-deck builders games
- Napoleon at St Helena — Ten tableau columns, two decks.
- Colonel — A three-row tableau exposes cards only after the cell beneath is cleared.
- Deauville — Thirty hidden tableau cards give way to alternating-color building.
- Diplomat — Two-deck patience with eight tableau piles.
- Dress Parade — Hidden-card alternating-color columns allow packed sequence moves.
- Emperor — Two-deck Forty Thieves relative with waste play.
Also try
- Gaps — Fill four rows of gaps to build 2–K suit runs. No aces, three passes.
- Klondike — The patience everyone knows. Draw 1 or 3.
- Seahaven Towers — FreeCell cousin: ten columns, same-suit builds, two cells.