Spider Solitaire

Spider Solitaire is a classic two-deck card sorting game and a popular variant of patience solitaire. Utilizing a ten-column tableau of 54 cards, solvers assemble cards by suit in descending order. Using click-and-drag controls, the objective is to remove all cards by forming eight full King-to-Ace sequences.

Setup

• Tableau: 10 columns of cards (54 cards total). Only the top card of each column is face-up.
• Stockpile: Remaining 50 cards placed face-down in a draw pile.
• Goal: Assemble 8 complete, same-suit sequences from King down to Ace to clear them from the board.

Controls

• Move card: Click and drag any card or valid sequence onto a card of one rank higher.
• Deal stock: Click the Stockpile to deal 10 new cards (one onto each tableau column).
• Mobile: Direct touch screen controls for seamless card dragging.

Rules

1. Tableau cards can be stacked in descending order regardless of suit (e.g., place any 6 on any 7).
2. You can only move multiple cards together if they form a consecutive descending sequence of the same suit.
3. Empty columns can be filled with any single card or valid same-suit sequence.
4. When a face-down card is exposed in the tableau, click it to flip it face-up.
5. Deal from the stockpile (10 cards at a time) when you are out of moves (requires all 10 columns to have at least one card).
6. The game is won when all 104 cards are cleared by forming eight completed suits.

Tips

• Focus on exposing and flipping hidden face-down cards as early as possible to open up your building lanes.
• Empty columns are extremely powerful; use them as temporary holding zones to sort messy columns into single-suit runs.
• Avoid making opposite-suit moves unless necessary, as they block you from moving that sequence together later.