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Rules of some of the most popular solitaires: Spider, FreeCell, Klondike, Pyramid, Canfield, Golf, and others.

 

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Golf Pyramids Solitaire Rules

(Simple games type; 1 deck (52 cards); no redeal)

  • Game time Quick

  • Difficulty level Easy

  • Skill level Mostly chance

  • Chance of winning Low; about 1 in 15; 6.7%

Object of the game: To discard all the tableau cards to the waste.
Solitaire Rules

 

Tableau
(30 cards in the form of two pyramids)

  • The top card of each pile is available to be discarded to the waste.

  • In the waste, build up or down regardless of suit (for example: on a 10 you can place either a 9 or a Jack).

  • Ranking of cards is continuous: build Kings after Aces or Aces after Kings when necessary.

  • No building on the tableau.

Stock
(21 cards)

  • Whenever there are no more possible plays, click on the stock to play a card to to the waste by clicking.

  • There is no redeal.

Scoring
(21 cards)

  • The game starts at –52 points.

  • 10 points are awarded for each card discarded from the pyramids.

  • The highest score obtainable is 248 points (10 points x 30 cards = 300 points – 52 points = 248 points).

 
Spider

Spider is one of the most popular two-decks solitaire card games. The game is said to have been a particular favourite of Franklin D. Roosevelt. 

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FreeCell

FreeCell is one of the most popular one-deck solitaire card games. The popularity of the game grew thanks to Jim Horne that wrote one first alphanumeric version for the DOS and a second one for Windows.

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