The setup:

The tableau piles are numbered from one to seven. The first pile has one card on it, the second has two and so on. The top card on each tableau is turned face up and the cards below are turned face down. The cards that are left after the cards have been moved to the tableau are placed face down on the stock. Both the waste and the foundations start off without any cards on them.

The objective:

To win in Solitaire, all the cards need to end up in the foundation piles. The foundation piles are ordered by suit and rank. Each foundation has one suit and cards must be placed on the foundation in order (ace, one, two, etc). To get to move cards to the foundations, you can use the moves described below.

Moves:

• Move cards from stock to waste: You can flip either one or three cards from the stock to the waste. The amount can be configured under settings.
• Move a card from waste to a foundation: You can move a card from the waste to the foundation if the cards rank and suit is correct.
• Move a card from waste to a tableau: You can move a card from the waste to the foundation if the cards rank and suit is correct.
• Move a card from foundation back to the tableau: If need be, you can move a card from the foundation back onto the tableau.
• Move one or more cards from one tableau to another: You can move one or several cards from one tableau to another if the rank of the first card in the pile is one higher than the tableau you’re moving to and the color is opposite of the card being moved.
• You can move a tableau card onto the foundations: You can do this manually or let it happen automatically. This can be configured under settings.

Time & moves:

The game measures the time and moves it takes to complete the game. You can see the time and moves up in the right corner of the game. You also have the option of turning off tracking of time and moves. You can do this under settings.

Scoring:

The scoring used, is the classic Microsoft Solitaire scoring, used in the Windows™ solitaire card games. You can see a table of the scoring below:

Moving a card from the waste to the foundation will get you 10 points. If you first move it to a tableau and then to a foundation, then 5 points are added and you’ll receive a total of 15 points. So to receive a maximum score, you should always move cards from the waste to a tableau before moving them to the foundation.

If you want a more detailed explanation of the rules, we recommend the following YouTube video.

The setup:

Spider is played with two full decks. So 104 cards all together. When starting a new game, 54 cards are divided between 10 tableaus. The first 4 tableays have 5 cards each and the remaining tableaus have 5 cards each. The top card of each tableau is turned face up, while the rest remain face down. The remaining 50 cards are placed in the stock at the top left of the screen.

Moves:

You can always move a card to a card of higher rank. If for example, you have a 7 of clubs, you can place it on an 8 of clubs, or an 8 of hears, diamonds or spades. So you can place cards on top of other cards of different suits. The objective of the game is to create runs of cards in the same suit, ranging from ace to king. Once you have a whole run of cards, it will be removed from the table. This only happens if the run of cards is in the same suit.

If cards in a run is of the same suit, you can move them all at the same time. For example, if you have 8 of spades through 6 of spades, you can click and move all of them together onto a 9 of any suit. If however, you have an 8 of clubs, 7 of diamons and 6 of something else, then you can’t move them together. Then you’ll have to move them one by one.

If you have an empty tableay, then you can move any card or partial run to that empty space.

Stock:

When you have no more moves you can make on the tableau, then you can click on the stock in the top left corner. That will move 10 cards from the stock down to the tableaus, placing 1 card on each tableau. We don’t recommend doing this before you’re completely sure there are no moves left though.

Difficulty:

Spider can be played in different difficulties. Beginner, intermediate and advanced. In beginner mode, you only have 1 suit (spades). In intermediate mode, you have 2 suits (spades and hearts). In advanced mode you have all 4 suits. In all the modes, you always have 104 cards.

Time & scoring:

The game measures the time and moves it takes to complete the game. If you have scoring on, you start with 500 points. For each move you make, 1 point is subtracted. For each run of cards that are removed from the table, you are awarded 100 points.

In case you’re looking for a more detailed explanation of the Spider Solitaire rules, we can recommend following YouTube video.

The setup:

There are 8 tableaus, numbered from 1 to 8. The first 4 tableaus start with 7 cards each. The last 4 tableaus start with 6 cards each. The foundation and free cells start empty.

The objective:

To win Freecell, you have to get all of the cards onto the foundations. The foundations are ordered by suit and you must match the suit of the card with the suit of the foundation. You start by placing an ace on the foundation, then a 2 on top of that ace and so forth. Once all the cards are on the foundation, you have won the game. To get all the cards to the foundation, you can use the moves described below.

Moves:

• Move one or more cards from one tableau to another: You can move one or several cards from one tableau to another, if the rank of the first card in the pile is one higher that the tableau you’re moving to and the color is opposite of the card being moved.
• Move a single card onto a free cell: You can move the top card of any tableau to it’s respective free cell. Make sure the card is of the same suit and one higher than card on the free cell.
• Move a card from a free cell: You can move cards from a free cell if that card is one higher than the card you’re placing it on.
• You can move a tableau card onto the foundations: You can do this manually or let it happen automatically. This can be configured under settings.

Time & scoring:

The game measures the time and moves it takes to complete the game. The scoring used, is the classic Windows™ scoring.

If you want a video demonstration of how to play Freecell Solitaire, we can recommend following YouTube video.

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