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A Winning Strategy For The Game Of FreeCell Solitaire
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Author: Boris Sandberg
Freecell Solitaire is an extremely addictive Solitaire card game invented by Paul Alfille. It is fun and very skill-dependent. Nearly every game of Freecell Solitaire can be won with perfect play. Only several Freecell deals are known to be unsolvable. This makes Freecell card game much more interesting and popular than Solitaire variations like Klondike, where luck is a large factor in the game. With Freecell, winning depends mostly on skill.
You have a better chance of winning if you plan your strategy carefully. Below you will find several simple rules that can help you to win Freecell Solitaire on more regular basis.
1. Examine the tableau carefully before making any moves. It is very important to plan several moves ahead. The obvious moves are not always the best.
2. Make it a priority to free up all the Aces, especially if they are deeply buried behind the higher cards. Move them to the home cells as early as possible.
3. Try to keep as many free cells empty as possible. Be cautious! Once all free cells are filled, you have almost no space to maneuver. And your ability to maneuver is the key to this game. Make sure you have no alternative before placing any cards in the free cells.
4. Try to create an empty tableau pile as soon as possible. Empty tableau piles are more important than free cells. Each empty tableau can be used to store an entire sequence instead of a single card. And it doubles the length of an ordered sequence of cards that can be moved from one tableau to another. (If the long sequence move involves both empty tableaus and free cells, it is often called supermove.)
5. If it is possible, fill an empty tableau space with a long descending sequence that begins with a King.
6. Do not to move cards to the home cells too quickly. You may need these cards later to maneuver lower cards of other suits.
Some Freecell Solitaire deals are solvable very quickly, while others take more time to solve. Replaying the same shuffles in a number of different ways will allow completing the most difficult ones. The more you play the more games you are able to complete. Continue to practice using the strategy above and soon you will find yourself achieving better results and enhancing your enjoyment of playing Freecell Solitaire.
Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – A Winning Strategy For The game Of FreeCell Solitaire
Flower Garden Solitaire
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
Object of the game: To build up four columns in suit ending in the King card. With Flower Garden solitaire only one card can be moved at a time. This version of solitaire relies heavily on skill.
When you first begin Flower Garden solitaire your screen may look like this:
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Spider Solitaire
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
The object of spider solitaire is to arrange all card suits in order. The goal is to empty all the columns while adding more cards to each column. Sometimes it feels like this game is unwinnable but if you keep at it you can ace it. You want to ascend from King all the way to the Ace card. When you start the game your screen will look like this:
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Cruel
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
The objective is to move all the cards to their foundations built up rank and suit from Ace to King.
When you begin your screen may look like this. You want to start building foundations in order of suit and rank but you can only move one card at a time. This game requires skill and patience. It is not easily won.
When moving a suited card you can only move it the same suited card. You must move the same colored suited card as well. If you can no longer make any plays you can re-deal your cards into sets of 4. You will find that you will use the stock to reshuffle your cards very often. You can reshuffle the cards by clicking on the stack in the stop left corner.
When you find a card that you are able to move you may find that there is a card underneath that can be used BUT cannot be moved due to you can only move one card at a time. For instance, you could have 3 movable cards: a 3, 4 and 5 but when you move the 3 you find a 6 card that you can no longer use since you have moved your cards to cover the 5 suit. At that point you can try and continue to play if you have some other cards to move or you will have to re-shuffle your cards again.
Continue to uncover the cards and you will soon be able to move suited cards up to their foundations.
You will soon build your foundations and there will be empty spaces within your columns. You may not place cards there which makes the game a little bit harder to play but that is where the skill comes in to play.
At this point you have pretty much aced the game. Continue to uncover your cards and before you know it you have won!
When moving a suited card you can only move it the same suited card. You must move the same colored suited card as well. If you can no longer make any plays you can re-deal your cards into sets of 4. You will find that you will use the stock to reshuffle your cards very often. You can reshuffle the cards by clicking on the stack in the stop left corner.
When you find a card that you are able to move you may find that there is a card underneath that can be used BUT cannot be moved due to you can only move one card at a time. For instance, you could have 3 movable cards: a 3, 4 and 5 but when you move the 3 you find a 6 card that you can no longer use since you have moved your cards to cover the 5 suit. At that point you can try and continue to play if you have some other cards to move or you will have to re-shuffle your cards again.
Continue to uncover the cards and you will soon be able to move suited cards up to their foundations.
You will soon build your foundations and there will be empty spaces within your columns. You may not place cards there which makes the game a little bit harder to play but that is where the skill comes in to play.
At this point you have pretty much aced the game. Continue to uncover your cards and before you know it you have won!
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Baker’s Solitaire
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
The objective is to move all your suited cards to the right starting from Ace and ending with King.
In this version of solitaire you can place the same color card on top of another. For example you may place a red Queen on top of a red King. You may only move one card at a time rather than moving a column as you would in traditional solitaire. (Use caution when choosing which cards to move as after you have moved you are unable to move that card back.)
When you start the screen will look like this:
Try and find all your Aces and move them to the right hand columns. As you come upon cards that you can move to their respective foundations on the right, you can simply click that card and it will automatically be moved to the correct pile on the right hand side.
Remember you can move a black suited card to another black suited card as same color suited cards are not an issue with this game. Keep in mind that you can only move one card at a time rather than a column of cards. Take time to look at your deck. You want to make sure any card you move to get to an Ace or a card you need will not end the game for you. If there is an empty column you are unable to move any cards there, such as in the original solitaire game.
Even though you have all your Aces moved and cards are available to move you still may be stuck:
If you run out of suits to move you may have to start over again until you can get all the cards moved. Try and build up each column as much as possible using the King card. As you dwindle down your cards you will be able to get through the game quicker and all the moves will become easier. This game takes some skill and a lot of patience. Congratulations, you’ve won!
Try and find all your Aces and move them to the right hand columns. As you come upon cards that you can move to their respective foundations on the right, you can simply click that card and it will automatically be moved to the correct pile on the right hand side.
Remember you can move a black suited card to another black suited card as same color suited cards are not an issue with this game. Keep in mind that you can only move one card at a time rather than a column of cards. Take time to look at your deck. You want to make sure any card you move to get to an Ace or a card you need will not end the game for you. If there is an empty column you are unable to move any cards there, such as in the original solitaire game.
Even though you have all your Aces moved and cards are available to move you still may be stuck:
If you run out of suits to move you may have to start over again until you can get all the cards moved. Try and build up each column as much as possible using the King card. As you dwindle down your cards you will be able to get through the game quicker and all the moves will become easier. This game takes some skill and a lot of patience. Congratulations, you’ve won!
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Aces Up
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009The objective of Aces Up is to move all suited cards EXCEPT the Ace to the foundation stack. Check for any cards of the same suit, for example the 3 of diamonds and the 8 of diamonds. You can move the lower of these two suits to the foundation stack by double clicking the card you want to move.
