Spider Solitaire

This summary is for all of you who have played the game before but need a refresher on how to play. If you're a beginner, check out my guide on how to play Spider Solitaire complete with illustrations and a video tutorial.

Unlike other solitaire games, this one is played with two decks of playing cards. The goal of the game is to remove all cards from the tableau and on to the foundation piles.

The layout of the game can be divided into three main areas:

To get cards from the tableau onto the foundation, you have to rank them from king to ace on the tableau. Cards can always be moved to a higher-ranking card. For example, if you have seven spades, you can put it on eight spades or eight of any other color. As a result, different suits of cards can be stacked on top of one other.

The game's goal is to make runs of cards from king to ace in the same suit. Once you have a complete sequence of cards, they will be moved to the foundation. Only if the sequence of cards is of the same suit will this happen.

If all of the cards in a run have the same suit, you can move them all simultaneously. For example, if you have the eight of spades through the six of spades, you can click and drag them all to a nine of hearts. You can't move them together if you have the eight of spades, the seven and six of clubs. After that, you'll have to move them one at a time.

You can move any card or partial run to an empty tableau spot if you have one.

When you have no more moves to make on the tableau, you can click on the stock in the top left corner. That will move ten cards from the stock down to the tableau, placing one card on each tableau. We don't recommend doing this before you're completely sure there are no moves left.

Good luck playing!