Goal
Move all cards to the foundations.
How to play
Foundations are built up in suit from Ace to King. Cards in the Foundations are no longer available for play in the Tableau. It is not compulsory to play any card to the Foundations.
The Tableau is built down by alternate color. Any group of cards may be moved regardless of sequence, so long as the bottom card of the group is placed on top of a card (in a different pile) that is the next higher card in rank and of the opposite color. An empty pile in the Tableau can be filled with any group of cards, even a single card.
Playing tips
This is entirely a game of skill: if you lose, you just weren't paying
attention. Your first priority should be to expose all the face-down cards and
get the rest of the Reserve into play. Also, do not play a card onto a
Foundation simply because you can (Aces are OK; Twos are probably safe as
well): you may need it for building in the Tableau. You will find that you do
not need to calculate very long sequences to finish the game, but sometimes a
bit of calculation is necessary to expose the buried cards. Sometimes the piles
can grow longer than can be displayed in the window. This usually isn't a
problem, since you can break up the pile fairly often when other plays
become available. Here's something that's a lot of fun: If you have arranged
the cards in proper sequence, playing as few to the Foundations as possible
during the game, one press of the "Auto" button can play 90 or more cards to
the Foundations. It is possible to have every card in the Tableau at the end
of the game, even the Aces; the "Auto" button shoots them all up to the
Foundations in one long riffle!New to solitaire? A few useful terms
Game-rule reference adapted from PySolFC documentation, licensed under GPL v3 or later. References describe the game’s mechanics.