Spider Solitaire
Spider Solitaire is a popular classic card game that will challenge your focus! The goal of the game is to arrange all the cards in the fewest possible moves into stacks ordered from highest to lowest. Once you complete a full sequence of a suit, it is removed from the board.
How to Play
Initial Setup: At the beginning of the game, the cards are dealt into ten columns. The first four columns contain six cards each, and the remaining six columns have five cards each. Only the top card of each column is face up, while the others are face down.
Card Movement: You can move a card from one column to another if it is one rank lower than the card you are moving it to, regardless of the suit. For example, a 9 can be moved onto a 10. Cards can also be moved in sequences from highest to lowest as long as all cards in the sequence belong to the same suit.
Creating Full Sequences: Once you manage to form a full sequence of cards of the same suit (from King to Ace), the sequence is automatically removed from the board, bringing you one step closer to victory.
Filling Empty Columns: You can move any card or sequence of cards to an empty column to help reorganize the remaining cards.
Using Additional Cards: If you run out of possible moves, you can deal new cards onto the board from the reserve, but only if all columns have at least one card.
Difficulties
Spider Solitaire can be played at different difficulty levels:
- 1 Suit (Beginner): All cards are of the same suit, making it easier to create sequences.
- 2 Suits (Intermediate): Two suits are used, increasing the level of difficulty.
- 4 Suits (Advanced): The game uses all four standard suits, making it a much greater challenge.
Strategies and Tips
Plan Your Moves: Before moving a card, think about how it will affect your next moves. Sometimes it's better not to make an immediate move to keep more options open.
Clear Empty Columns: Try to empty columns as soon as possible, as they are extremely useful for reorganizing the cards.
Group Sequences of the Same Suit: Whenever possible, form sequences with cards of the same suit so you can move them together later.
Objective
The ultimate goal of Spider Solitaire is to arrange all the cards into complete sequences of the same suit and remove them from the board.
Who developed Spider Solitaire?
Spider Solitaire was created by Codethislab, other games created by this developer are: