Description

Play a traditional online solitaire card game where winning the game really matters.

Instructions

This is a one of the classic original card game ever made. The game has probably become at least the second most popular type of solitaire since its inclusion in Win95. The goal of this game is to place all the cards in each suit in stacks of ascending order. Stacks of cards with alternating colors in descending order can be built in the bottom half of the screen as an intermediate step. In the game, the location of all the cards in the deck are known at the start of a game. Even though this game requires considerable strategy, winning is still quite common for experienced players. The frequency of victory can be decreased (or increased), by setting the game's options appropriately.

There are three areas of the screen:

1. Building Stacks The building stacks are found in the bottom half of the screen. The contents of the entire deck are initially found in the building stacks. All the cards in the building stacks are visible, but only the top card can be moved.

2. The free cells are found in the upper left corner and are used to temporarily store a card from the building stacks. Only one card can be placed in a free cell.

3. Suit Stacks The suit stacks are located in the upper right corner and are initially unoccupied.

Controls:

To move a card, use your mouse pointer to left click on the card (which will highlight it) and then left click on the destination.

1. An ace can be moved to its suit stack. (This will usually be done automatically.)

2. A card at the top of a stack can be moved to its corresponding suit stack if the rank of the card at the top of that stack is one less than the card's rank (Kings have a rank of 13, queens 12, jacks 11 and an ace has a rank of 1).

3. The card at the top of a building stack can be moved to an empty free cell or building stack.

4. A card can be moved from a free cell or building stack to another building stack if the card at the top of the destination stack has a different color and a value one more than the card.

5. Ordered cards at the bottom of a building stack can be moved to another building stack if there is a card in the ordered sequence which has a different color and a rank one less than the card at the top of the destination stack. There must be an empty space for every moved card below the top card.