Spider Solitaire is a game you can learn relatively quickly, especially if you are already familiar with Solitaire. In all versions of the game (1 Suit, 2 Suit, and 4 Suit) the game is played with two decks with no jokers, or 104 cards, shuffled before every game. Following this, the cards are laid out in 10 piles or columns along a horizontal line, with 6 cards in each of the first four piles, and 5 cards in each of the last six piles. The last card in each pile is placed face up. The cards are placed one at a time in each pile, i.e., the first card dealt goes to the first pile, the second card to the second pile etc. The 11th card would go to the first pile, and you continue the process until all 54 cards are dealt.Īfter the face up cards are drawn, the rest of the cards are left as the Stockpile and will be used to draw cards into the game. The line of 10 piles is known as the Tableau. Leave enough room for eight more piles above or below the Tableau, and this will be known as the “Foundation”, which is where you will be moving your piles of cards after you have completed the King through Ace descension.Īs shown by the image, the layout of the cards is not too difficult to grasp and is very similar to the original Solitaire game. When it comes to Spider Solitaire, there are different variations that can be enjoyed. These will increase and decrease with difficulty depending on the type (1 Suit, 2 Suit, and 4 Suit). For the sake of clarity, we’ll first discuss the standard beginner version of one suit. Your goal is to arrange or sequence the cards in the columns along the tableau in descending order from King to Ace. For every completed sequence, you move those cards out of the tableau and game into one of the eight foundations. Leave the rest of the cards (a total of 50), face down, as the stockpile.Place the correct amount of cards in each pile (6 each on the first four piles, 5 on the last six, with the last card on each piled turned face up).Begin by laying out your 10 piles in a horizontal line, as mentioned.When each foundation is completed, with cards of suit stacked from King to Ace, and there are no more cards left, the game is won. You’ll draw from the stockpile when there are no more moves to make in the tableau. If only face down cards remain in a pile as face up cards are moved, turn the last face down card over.You can move a bunch of cards in a row as a single unit to another pile if they are all in descending order of the same suit.Build a sequence of cards in the piles by moving any face up card on top of a card with the next-highest value, such as a 9 of spades moving onto a 10 of spades. If you can not sequence any more cards on tableau, draw out 10 more cards, face up, to each of the 10 piles, in order to keep the game moving.This will reveal a new card, which can then be sequenced. When cards are drawn from the stockpile, you may have sequences that are no longer ordered.You’ll draw from the stockpile five times over the course of the game, drawing 50 cards. In the below example, you’ll see there is an Ace on top of the 10.
The 10 and the Jack can only be moved once the Ace is moved. Even if a card is blocked, you can still continue to sequence below the blocked card.All three of these cards cannot be moved together because they are not in sequence. In the below example, even though the Queen needs to be moved, you can still put a Jack on top of the Queen. Once this is done, you need to move the Queen and the Jack to unblock and access the 9. Throughout the game, if a column or pile is empty, you can move new cards to that pile, which can then be sequenced.Īs you complete all of the necessary moves, begin to construct rows of cards in descending order from King to Ace of the same suit, moving them to the Foundation once fully completed. If all the cards have been drawn and there are no more moves left, the game is over and you lose =( After the eight foundation piles are filled, you win. This style of play is closely related to how regular Solitaire is played, except with regular Solitaire, you place the cards in descending order switching alternating red and black suits.
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