How To Play Freecell

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With only a single deck of cards, keep yourself entertained with this single-person game of strategy.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A deck of cards

Step 1: Deal

Deal all of the cards, face up, into eight stacks, placed side-by-side. Arrange the cards so that they are slightly overlapping, cascading top to bottom, and all cards are visible.

Tip: Leave six to eight inches of space under each cascade to give you room to move cards around during the game.

Step 2: Leave space for free cells and suit stacks

Leave space above the left cascades for four free cells, to hold cards that you can't use immediately. Leave space above the right cascades for four suit stacks, to build suits in numerical order, from Aces to Kings.

Step 3: Use Aces at end of cascades to start suit stacks

Move any Aces from the ends of cascades to start suit stacks.

Step 4: Build sequences

Move the bottom card in each cascade to another cascade to build alternating number and color sequences and free other cards to grow the suit stacks. For instance, move a red four on top of a black five.

Tip: Keep your cascades overlapping by half an inch so that you can see all of your cards.

Step 5: Move sequences from one cascade to another

Move the sequences from one cascade to another to continue the alternating number and color pattern. Only move sequential cards and be sure the sequence continues after the move.

Step 6: Move cards to free cells

Move any available card to one of the four free cells if you cannot build suit stacks or move cards. Bring a card from the free cell when you can add it to a suit stack or use it in an alternating sequence.

Tip: Move Kings at the bottom of a cascade to a free cell to free your other cards. They are the highest ranking cards and cannot be placed on top of another card.

Step 7: Clear cascades and build suit stacks

Move cards and build sequences and suit stacks until you clear each of the cascades. Use a cleared cascade spot as a new free cell.

Tip: Make the game more challenging by only allowing Kings to move to empty cascade spots.

Step 8: Continue clearing cascades

Continue moving cards to clear the cascades until all of the suit stacks are built and no more cards are in the free cells.

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[josipbabok2]

you will need: deck of cards

FUUUUUUUUU

[EddieTheDrummer]

@snapplelemongirl Not. It's FreeCell!

[DarkAvatar1313]

@snapplelemongirl

spider stacks same suit on same suit (ie spades on spades), freecell is red on black or black on red

[rubiksweekly]

@9562962 thats why this is more like spider solitaire.

[snapplelemongirl]

isnt this spider solitaire?!

[Champ3I3]

Howcast hasn't done a 'How to play Solitaire' video.. :/

[9562962]

this isn't even Freecell. Its telling you that you can move stacks of any size. In actual freecell, you can only move stacks if you have enough freecells. Being able to move stacks like that is a variation known as RelaxedCell. Also, this doesn't tell you any strategies or anything.

[lovieuru]

fukkin LOL!

[TheCliffordCult]

@poopdeloop11 lmao I was expecting that

[strilight]

you know you're in 2009 when you haven't played freecell with real cards in years.