Others require a larger playing area, and these games are often played on the floor or on a bedspread. Alternatively, in order to play with large layouts on a card table, miniature playing cards are available. These are usually half the size of standard playing cards.
Virtually all Solitaire games are played with one or more standard card packs. Standard Solitaire uses one card pack. The first objective is to release and play into position certain cards to build up each foundation, in sequence and in suit, from the ace through the king. The ultimate objective is to build the whole pack onto the foundations, and if that can be done, the Solitaire game is won.
To form the tableau, seven piles need to be created. Starting from left to right, place the first card face up to make the first pile, deal one card face down for the next six piles.
Starting again from left to right, place one card face up on the second pile and deal one card face down on piles three through seven. Starting again from left to right, place one card face up on the third pile and deal one card face down on piles four through seven.
Continue this pattern until pile seven has one card facing up on top of a pile of six cards facing down. The initial array may be changed by "building" - transferring cards among the face-up cards in the tableau. Certain cards of the tableau can be played at once, while others may not be played until certain blocking cards are removed.
For example, of the seven cards facing up in the tableau, if one is a nine and another is a ten, you may transfer the nine to on top of the ten to begin building that pile in sequence. Since you have moved the nine from one of the seven piles, you have now unblocked a face down card; this card can be turned over and now is in play.
As you transfer cards in the tableau and begin building sequences, if you uncover an ace, the ace should be placed in one of the foundation piles.
The foundations get built by suit and in sequence from ace to king. Continue to transfer cards on top of each other in the tableau in sequence. This card can be played in the foundations or tableau. If you cannot play the card in the tableau or the foundations piles, move the card to the waste pile and turn over another card in the stock pile. If a space is created, it can only be filled in with a king. Filling a space with a king could potentially unblock one of the face down cards in another pile in the tableau.
Continue to transfer cards in the tableau and bring cards into play from the stock pile until all the cards are built in suit sequences in the foundation piles to win! Hello, Our rules do not specify that the foundation requires suits to be placed in any particular order, but feel free adjust for your personal preferences! Hello, We would have no knowledge of programs loaded onto Windows XP — you could try to contact the Microsoft corporation.
Thanks, The Bicycle Team. On the tableau, is it not correct to build them in opposite color? Hello Steve, There are several different variations on how to play solitaire — that is one version of how to play. I just would like to say.
I was taught playing. The pile of cards you flip over. You turn over the 3rd card. So every 3rd card is the card you flip over and go thru your pile as normal with cards as needed. And when you get to the end. You flip the pile of cards over and just start again every 3rd card you flip over. That is the way I was taught also. What is the answer.
When transferring cards, can you move more than 1 card? Example: in one of the seven piles you have a series of cards face up 8, 7, 6, 5; can you transfer them over to a 9 face up. If I go through the stocks, am I allowed to shuffle the discards and put them back in the stock pile? As for me — I play chess with my daughter, 13, and she is so good that she always wins nice girrrrrl…! The only play I had was to move cards from the foundation pile onto the tableau until I could move the 2 of diamonds that was covering the ace of diamonds so I could turn it up and win the game.
May I move the one top card only from one tableau pile to another tableau pile in order to free the card under? Yes, some games of solitaire you can't win no matter what. Not Helpful 17 Helpful For classic solitaire, if the top card of the three doesn't match anything, are all three cards put into waste? Yes, that means you cannot use any of the three cards. The top card must be placed in order to reach the second and third card.
Not Helpful 18 Helpful Jokers are not used in solitaire, classic solitaire uses only the 52 cards of the four suits. Not Helpful 20 Helpful Yes, as long you do it from the top card down.
You cannot take cards out from inside the pile; only the topmost card. Not Helpful 24 Helpful If I get to the end of the stack in three card solitaire and only have one card, do I use the waste stack to get to three cards? You just use that one card and restart the pile after or if you can't play the card you got, start it then.
Not Helpful 10 Helpful What should I do when I reach the point where I can't find any other cards to play? You would have to restart. The cards you need would be under the visible cards so you cant get to them.
Not Helpful 26 Helpful Yes, but remember to take only the top card. You can't take from lower in the deck. Not Helpful 14 Helpful Does the movement of a king to an empty space have to be made right to left if possible?
Direction does not matter; the only thing that matters in a situation like this is that the king is on top, and that you are moving it to an empty space. I thought that the ace pile was supposed to go red ace, then black two, then red three and so on. Am I wrong? The ace pile stays in suit, so it goes ace of hearts, two of hearts, three of hearts, and so on. The layout stacks alternate color. Not Helpful 11 Helpful Flip the pile back over and continue to use it, do not shuffle the cards.
Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. By using this service, some information may be shared with YouTube. There are more types of the card game Solitaire, such as suits and four aces. If you are having trouble with this one, or just not getting into it, try one of these. Helpful 1 Not Helpful 0. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 1. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. Always start with the deck if you don't have any aces in your hand of cards.
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Article Summary X To play solitaire, try to get all of the cards into 4 foundation piles, 1 pile per suit, in ascending order from ace to king. Italiano: Giocare a Solitario. Nederlands: Patience spelen.
Bahasa Indonesia: Bermain Solitaire. Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 3,, times. The first game that came to mind was Solitaire, but unfortunately I had forgotten the rules, so I went on wikiHow and learned them again.
Thank you! More reader stories Hide reader stories. Did this article help you? Cookies make wikiHow better. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our cookie policy. Josiah Tingey Mar 31, Anonymous May 20, I had forgotten how to play solitaire, so was very pleased to follow simple instructions and begin to play.
Now just need more practice so I can finish faster! Frances Patricia Andersen Jan 8, I found your article very helpful. I believe I will be able to help her; firstly, I will try with cards myself. Thank you. Natalie Rodriguez Apr 13, Now wanting to play with real cards, l forgot how to set up the game. This was so helpful to remember. Open your pack and discard the instruction and Joker cards. Before you start dealing, shuffle the cards a couple of times to make sure that the deck is all mixed up.
Deal seven cards in a row. Deal the first card and place it face up on your left-hand side. Then, deal six more cards face-down in a row to the right of this card so that each card has its own spot. When you are finished, you should have seven cards total.
The first one on the left should be facing up and the other six should be facing down. Skip the first card and then deal six cards. Next, you will need to deal six more cards onto the stacks. Place the first card face up on the second stack of cards from the left. Then, deal one card face down card onto each of the stacks moving to the right.
Count over to the third card and then deal five cards. Starting with the third stack over from the left, deal one card face up. Then, deal four more cards facing down on each of the stacks to the right of this stack. Deal four cards starting with the fourth stack.
Starting with the fourth stack over from the left, deal one card face up onto this stack and then deal three cards facing down. Place one card onto each of the stacks to the right of this stack. Skip the first four cards and deal three. Count over to the fifth card from the left in your row of seven card stacks. Deal one card facing up on this stack and then deal one card facing down onto each of the two stacks to the right.
Count over to the sixth card and then deal two. Next, count over to the sixth stack from the left and deal one card facing up onto this stack. Then, deal one card facing down onto the stack to the right of this stack. This stack should be the last one in your row of seven. Deal one last card face up. There should only be one stack left that does not have a face up card on it.
This stack should be all the way on the right of your Tableau. Deal one card onto this stack facing up. Now this stack should have six cards facing down and one on top that is facing up. Dealing the Tableau is the hardest part of setting up solitaire, so the next part will be easy.
Part 2. Place the remaining cards face down. After you have finished setting up your stacks, you can place the cards that you have left just above the Tableau on the left-hand side. You will draw cards from this pile as you play the game.
This is optional though. Identify the space for your discard pile. Reserve a space next to your Stock pile to create your Talon pile during gameplay. The Talon pile is usually just to the right of the Stock pile. When you have exhausted your Talon pile, you can flip it over face down onto the Stock pile space again and continue playing. Leave room for your Foundation piles. The Foundation piles are where you will place the cards that you will clear from the Tableau stacks as you play solitaire.
At the start of your game, your Foundation piles will be empty, so you just need to reserve some space above your Tableau. Leave enough room to place four stacks of cards as you play. Part 3. Learn the object. If you have never played solitaire before, then you will need to take a few minutes to learn how to play solitaire first.
The object of a game of Solitaire is to transfer all of the cards in the deck and in the tableau stacks to your foundation piles. You cannot place the three of spades until the two of spades is in place. Draw and place cards. You will need to draw and place cards to play. Draw one card at a time and either play it on one of your stacks or discard it if you cannot use it.
You can play a card on one of your tableau stacks if the color and sequence are right.
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