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CANFIELD(6)			   Games Manual 		     CANFIELD(6)

NAME
     canfield, cfscores -- the solitaire card game canfield

SYNOPSIS
     canfield
     cfscores [-a] [user]

DESCRIPTION
     If  you have never played solitaire before, it is recommended that you con-
     sult a solitaire instruction book. In Canfield, tableau cards may be  built
     on each other downward in alternate colors. An entire pile must be moved as
     a	unit  in  building. Top cards of the piles are available to be played on
     foundations, but never into empty spaces.

     Spaces must be filled from the stock. The top card of  the  stock	also  is
     available	to be played on foundations or built on tableau piles. After the
     stock is exhausted, tableau spaces may be filled from  the  talon	and  the
     player may keep them open until he wishes to use them.

     Cards are dealt from the hand to the talon by threes and this repeats until
     there  are  no  more  cards in the hand or the player quits.  To have cards
     dealt onto the talon the player types `ht' for his move.	Foundation  base
     cards  are  also  automatically  moved  to  the foundation when they become
     available.

     The command `c' causes canfield to maintain card counting statistics on the
     bottom of the screen.  When properly used this can greatly  increase  one's
     chances of winning.

     The rules for betting are somewhat less strict than those used in the offi-
     cial  version  of	the  game.  The initial deal costs $13.  You may quit at
     this point or inspect the game.  Inspection costs $13  and  allows  you  to
     make  as  many moves as possible without moving any cards from your hand to
     the talon.  (The initial deal places three cards on the talon; if all these
     cards are used, three more are made available.)  Finally, if the game seems
     interesting, you must pay the final installment of $26.  At this point  you
     are credited at the rate of $5 for each card on the foundation; as the game
     progresses  you  are  credited  with  $5 for each card that is moved to the
     foundation.  Each run through the hand after the first costs $5.  The  card
     counting feature costs $1 for each unknown card that is identified.  If the
     information is toggled on, you are only charged for cards that became visi-
     ble  since  it was last turned on.  Thus the maximum cost of information is
     $34.  Playing time is charged at a rate of $1 per minute.

     With no arguments, the program cfscores prints out the  current  status  of
     your canfield account.  If a user name is specified, it prints out the sta-
     tus  of their canfield account.  If the -a flag is specified, it prints out
     the canfield accounts for all users that have played  the	game  since  the
     database was set up.

FILES
     /usr/local/bin/canfield  the game itself
     /usr/local/bin/cfscores  the database printer
     /var/games/cfscores      the database of scores

AUTHORS
     Originally written: Steve Levine

     Further  random  hacking by: Steve Feldman, Kirk McKusick, Mikey Olson, and
     Eric Allman.

BUGS
     It is impossible to cheat.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  May 31, 1993			     CANFIELD(6)

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