From there, you continue searching and find you can put the 2 of spades in column 5 on the ace of spades we just moved, and so on until all the cards have been cleared. So, in this game, you could move the red 5 of hearts to the black 6 of spades in column 7, freeing the ace that can then be moved to the foundation. You can move a card onto another card on the tableau providing it is 1 point higher in value and it must also be a different colour.
But, it is not free yet: it has a 5 of hearts on top of it. In the above figure, you can see that three aces have already been found. So, it makes sense to start by trying to clear the aces on the tableau, then the twos and so on.
The goal of Freecell is to move the cards from all 8 columns in the tableau to the 4 foundations, in series always starting with an ace and ending with a king and sorted by the 4 different suits in the deck. The " foundation”: this can be found at the top right of the screen.Here, you can temporarily place playing cards you do not need at that moment. The " free cells”: these are the 4 free cells at the top left.The first 4 columns have 7 cards each and the last 4 columns have 6 cards. The “ tableau”: this is the part where 52 (shuffled) cards are arranged face up.To get a good understanding of Freecell, we will start by looking at the layout comprising the following three parts: High cards do not need to be immediately removed to the “home cell” in order to move lower cards of other suits.Freecell is a card game that belongs in the category of Solitaire games and is played by one player. It is important to clear at least one column as quickly as possible. Kings and other high cards can only be returned to the playing field after the cells are free. First of all, you should move the Aces to the "home cell". It makes sense to study them in advance in order to make up a plan.
If all the cells are not empty, you can move 1 card, if 3 empty cells are free, then a maximum of 4 cards.Įach empty cell is only for one card, unlike empty cells on the playing field and "home cell" cards cannot be added to them by seniority.Īll cards are open initially. You can move as many cards as there are empty cells, including free ones and those that are free on the playing field (but not less than one). The main difficulty is that you can’t always move cards. The goal of the game is to transfer all the cards to the "home cell". Interfering cards can be moved to empty cells. The top row is reserved: the right half for the collected sequences from Ace to King ("home cell"), the left under the cards temporarily removed from the playing field ("free cells").Ĭards can be moved in columns, correlating in decreasing seniority and alternating suits. Regardless of the level, at the beginning of the game, all cards are laid out in 8 approximately equal columns. Because of this the influence of luck on the outcome in the game decreases. The main feature of the Freecell Solitaire, which distinguishes it from most other solitaire games, is that all the cards are initially open to the player, and he has a complete picture of the playing field.