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Spider · Game rules

Fred's Spider

Goal

Move all the cards to the foundations.

How to play

Cards are dealt to ten piles of five cards each, with all cards face-up. Tableau piles are built down by rank, regardless of suit, but only single cards or sequences of the same suit can be moved between tableau piles. Any card or sequence can fill empty piles.

When there are no moves left, one card can be dealt from the stock to each tableau pile.

The foundations are built up by same suit from ace to king. The game is won when all cards are moved to the foundations.

New to solitaire? A few useful terms
Tableau
The main playing area, usually arranged in columns or piles.
Foundation
A destination where cards are collected in the order required by the game.
Stock / talon
Cards waiting to be dealt. A game may allow one pass or several.
Waste
A pile receiving cards turned over from the stock.
Reserve / cell
A holding area. Its capacity and movement rules depend on the game.
Redeal
Another pass through the stock or a redistribution of cards, as specified in that game’s rules.

Game-rule reference adapted from PySolFC documentation, licensed under GPL v3 or later. References describe the game’s mechanics.

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