Solitaire: Spider

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Game Description

Play this classic card game in a new way. Spider Solitaire has become one of the most popular solitaire variations due to its addictive gameplay. The main purpose of the game is to remove all cards from the tableau, assembling them in the tableau before removing them. Initially, 54 cards are dealt to the tableau in ten piles, face down except for the top cards. The tableau piles build down by rank, and in-suit sequences can be moved together. The 50 remaining cards can be dealt to the tableau ten at a time when none of the piles are empty.

Content Rating Rated for AOL
Genre Card & Board
Average Rating (4 Ratings)

Build in Suit: In-suit builds can be moved to reveal the cards underneath.
Expose new cards: Good advice in any solitaire. Hidden cards are useless; get at them as quickly as you can.
Build on high cards first: You can't build on an Ace. Building on high cards first keeps your piles useful as a place to park other cards.
Keep piles in suit: If it's good to build in suit, then it's bad to spoil an in-suit pile by adding out-of-suit cards. When you have a choice, play out-of-suit cards to piles that are already mixed-suit.
Empty piles are good: Any available card or build can be moved to an empty pile. You can use them to expose cards that are underneath other suits, and you can often empty that pile or another one again after such an operation.
Don't deal until you have to: Dealing exposes new cards, but it covers your builds randomly and makes it harder to reach the cards underneath.
When to Break Up a Build In Suit: A pile with three out-of-suit builds can sometimes be converted to a pile with only two out-of-suit builds. You'll need an empty pile to put the topmost build on, and a pile to move some of the lower cards in the middle build to. If the two topmost builds were in sequence, you can reclaim the empty pile by getting those builds together again. (This one's hard to explain in general terms. If it still seems mysterious, go back and study moves 70 - 83 of the sample game again.)
Move Kings to empty piles reluctantly: Kings can't be moved out of an empty pile, except by discarding. Empty piles are valuable, so defer such moves as long as possible. Make them only when necessary, or late in the game when you have many empty piles.