The goal of solitaire games is to move cards from the tableau, discard, and draw piles into four suited piles (called the foundations) in ascending order (Ace to King). The remaining deck forms the discard and draw piles. Only the bottom card in each pile is facing upward. The first pile has 1 card, the second pile has 2 cards, and so on. The Tableau, or Cascade, is a set of 7 piles of overlapping cards. Solitaire begins by building a grid of cards called a Tableau. Solitaire BasicsĪs the name implies, Solitaire games are typically games that one can play alone, however at CardzMania we also allow solitaire games to be played in parallel with multiple players. The game is also scored based on how many moves the player took to solve it. The game ends when either all the cards have been moved into the foundation piles, or the player can find no way to proceed. The Undo button in the bottom left corner will undo the previous move and can be used repeatedly to undo a whole sequence of moves. Whenever a face down card is exposed at the bottom of a tableau, it is turned face up.Įxisting sequences of any length can be moved to create longer sequences, provided all cards in the moving sequence are of a single suit and the topmost card of the sequence being moved can be played onto the exposed bottom card of a tableau following the same rules as for single cards.Īny card can be played into an empty tableau slot.Īt any point, as long as there is at least one card in every tableau, the draw pile can be used to play one card face up onto the bottom of every tableau. When a sequence is completed, it is automatically moved to one of the foundation piles. The objective is to create sequences, a group of cards arranged in numerical order running from King to Ace.

How to PlayĬards can be moved onto any card of the next highest value. There are also 8 slots for foundation piles, one for every complete sequence to be constructed. The remaining 50 cards are placed to one side in a draw pile. No matter the composition of the deck, the cards are always dealt out in 10 tableaus (also called cascades, columns of overlapping cards, with the bottom card available for play), 4 of six cards and 6 of five cards face down, except the bottom card which is dealt face up. The composition of the deck depends on the preset being played (refer to the presets section above). Spider Solitaire is played with 104 cards, the equivalent of two decks combined. Play Multiplayer Spider Solitaire Online The Deck and the Deal

Four Suit: All four suits are used, giving 2 sequences of each suit.

Two Suit: Half the cards are Spades and half are Hearts, giving 4 sequences of each suit.

One Suit: All cards are Spades, giving 8 sequences of Spades.

Use the draw pile to play a single card onto the bottom of every tableau.

Only sequences of a single suit can be moved.Sequences can be made up of any combination of suits and colors.Multiplayer: All players (up to 12) are given the same tableau, and the winner is whoever finishes the game in the fewest moves. Spider Solitaire is a much more difficult version of traditional solitaire where players must make full sequences (King to Ace) of a single suit on the table in order to move cards to the foundation piles.

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