FOUR SEASONS

Welcome to Four Seasons, a solitaire game that poses a fun challenge and is perfect for playing in tight spaces. In this game, you’ll be working through a deck of cards while managing only four columns on the tableau. The game starts with a random foundation rank, and you’ll need to uncover three of the foundation piles as you play. Can you beat the game? Only ten percent of players succeed!

THE CARDS & THE LAYOUT

To play Four Seasons, you’ll need a standard 52-card French deck. Shuffle the deck, and then deal five cards in the shape of a cross. Make sure the cards don’t overlap. Next, deal a sixth card to one of the corners of the cross. This card will be the first foundation pile, and it determines the starting cards for the other foundation piles. Keep in mind that all cards are dealt face up. The remaining cards form the draw pile.

THE PLAY

When you play Pyramid Solitaire, you’ll draw one card at a time from the draw pile. Take a moment to look at the card and think about where it can go. You have two options: you can either place it on one of the tableau piles or on one of the foundation piles. Keep in mind that you can only play the card if it is a legal move.

If you can’t find a place for the card, don’t worry. Just put it face up on the waste pile. The card on top of the waste pile is always ready for you to use.

The cards in the tableau piles form a cross shape, and you’ll build them in descending order. This means you’ll place a card with a lower number on top of a card with a higher number. The suits of the cards don’t matter when building the tableau.

For example, you can put a 6 of hearts on top of a 7 of spades. Collecting the cards in descending order is the key to success in Pyramid Solitaire.

Remember, the top cards of the tableau piles are always available for you to play. If you see a card that can go somewhere else, feel free to move it to another tableau or foundation pile.

There’s an exception for Aces though. Aces can be high, which means they can be placed on top of Kings to start the foundation piles, but they can’t be moved once they’re there.

So, what are you waiting for? Give Pyramid Solitaire a try. It’s a fun and challenging game that will keep you entertained for hours.

When playing this game, I must remember that the remaining three foundation cards should be placed in the three corners of the cross as I uncover them. The foundations are built in ascending order based on their suits, and they can even go around the corner if necessary. This means that if the foundation starts with a 10, I will build it in the order of 10, J, Q, K, A, 2, 3, and so on, with the 9 being the final card.

WINNING

To win the game, I need to successfully move all of the cards to their appropriate foundation pile in ascending order.