Solitaire is one of the types of fortune telling that is available to anyone. To get an answer to the question asked, you will need to correctly lay out the cards on the table, form a certain group or groups of suitable cards, and correctly interpret the answer. We will look at options for an expanded deck (52 cards), but you can also play with fewer cards.
For the schedule you need:
- Card deck.
- Some free time.
- Smooth and clean surface.
How to play solitaire on cards - handkerchief
Goal: remove all cards from the rows.
- First of all, carefully shuffle the deck. Next, we lay out five horizontal rows, which consist of ten open cards. We place the remaining two cards in the sixth row under the first two columns.
- You can only remove two cards of the same value. For example, two queens or two aces. Only the bottom cards are available for forming a pair, the rest are face-down. We remove all pairs from the line. When a pair is formed and removed from the field, access to previous cards opens.
- Solitaire is considered successful if there are no cards on the surface. If something remains, we start again.
How to play solitaire on cards - Russian
Goal: collect all the cards in the base as they increase.
- We lay out seven ascending stacks. The first consists of one card, then two, then three, etc. up to six cards face down.
- In the first column we turn the card up. It remains unchanged. On the others we place five open cards on top, placing them in a ladder.
- On the side there is a base of four cells. The foundation will be aces, so if there are aces in the layout, feel free to send them to the base. The collection is based on suit, therefore, we place the aces in different cells. Then come the deuces and, in ascending order, the kings close the chain.
- After manipulating the bases, we consider the resulting cells. Available for movement are the bottom cards or stacks that match the suit and ascending cards. For example, we move the seven to the eight of the same suit, and drag the eight and seven to the same nine.
- If a column is vacated during the transfer process, then we transfer the king or a group of cards that begins with the king there. It is not allowed to move anything else into an empty space.
- Solitaire is completed if all cells are filled from Ace to King according to suit. Otherwise, it’s a loss.
How to play solitaire on cards - pyramid
Goal: Remove cards in pairs that add up to thirteen points.
- We carefully shuffle the deck and lay it out in the following order horizontally, face down: there is one card in the first row, two in the second, three in the third, four in the fourth, five in the fifth, six in the sixth, seven in the seventh. We get a kind of pyramid.
- Set the remaining deck aside. You'll need it a little later.
- We remove cards that give a total of thirteen points. The king gives thirteen points of points, the queen - twelve, the jack - eleven, the ace - only one point. All other cards are ranked according to their value in the deck. If we can’t form the desired combination, then we turn to the deck.
- We remove the top card from the deck, if it gives a total of thirteen points with another card, then we put it away, if not, we remove the next one. The player has access only to the bottom row, not covered by other cards; taking from the middle is prohibited. The kings are removed one by one.
- The layout is considered winning if there are no cards on the table, taking into account the reserve deck.
How to play solitaire on cards - three
Goal: collect all cards in ascending order, respecting the suit.
- We lay out the deck into seventeen stacks of three cards, face down. The eighteenth pile must contain four cards.
- We drag in all the aces from the laid out cards and place them higher, arranged by suit. They form the base where we will distribute cards in ascending order in the future.
- Only the outermost cards in the columns are open for collection. They can be moved to other rows, but only to identical cards. For example, a six can only be transferred to a six, and a queen to a queen. When moving, the suit is not taken into account. The only limitation is no more than three cards in a column.
- If you managed to remove all the cards in ascending order, not forgetting the division by suit, then the solitaire game is considered successful.
Solitaire can be an element of fortune telling or a way to have fun. Please note that some solitaire games do not work out the first time - you will have to practice to remove all the cards. The most important thing is to remember that it is not the result that is important, but the process itself.
Since time immemorial, original mini-fortune-telling began to appear. They got the name – solitaire games. Usually, when laying it out, a person sets some goal for himself: to find out about the attitude of a loved one towards him, to predict the future, to make a wish.
Solitaire games can be either playful, comic, or very informative. Today there are several thousand types of solitaire games. We bring to your attention the most unusual and serious ones.
Solitaire “Love”
This is an ancient solitaire game suitable for women who want to learn a man's true attitude towards himself.
From a standard 36 card deck pull out all the jacks, queens, kings, aces. There should be 16 cards. We will use them to guess.
- Before playing solitaire, you need to wish for the full name of the man in whom you are interested.
- Next, in accordance with each letter of this name, we lay out one card (face down). We lay out all other cards on top of them, sequentially or chaotically.
- Next, we all take the rightmost pile into our hands and transfer the cards from it to the rest of the piles. We repeat this with everyone in order until one big one remains.
- We place the resulting deck face down on the table, removing two cards at a time. We leave the cards of the same value, they will be the answer to your question. We put the rest aside. Now we begin the interpretation:
Dropped two aces they say that you attract your chosen one only in an intimate way, kings– he values your inner world, ladies– impressed by your appearance, jacks- your figure. If there is no match, then the intended object is indifferent to you.
Solitaire “Vorozhba”
This solitaire game, which dates back to the 19th century, has hidden mystical meanings.
For the layout you will need a deck of 36 cards. Before starting fortune telling, you need to make a wish. So let's begin:
- We lay out the deck sequentially for 5 piles of seven cards face down in each. There should only be one last card left, the suit of which will be the main one in solitaire.
- Now open the first stack on the left. We begin to remove from above one card at a time of a non-primary suit or a major suit below ten.
- Having reached a card of the main suit with a rank higher than ten, we stop removing cards from this pile, take the next one and proceed according to the same principle.
- After all the piles have been revealed, we collect the remaining cards from the end; we put the penultimate one on the last one, and so on. The resulting stack is divided into four and opened in the same way. Then by three, then by two, in the end there will be only one pile left.
- If after its disclosure there should be five cards of the main suit from ten to ace, then the solitaire game has worked out, and accordingly, your wish will come true.
Solitaire “Mary Stuart”.
According to legend, Stewart decided to play solitaire before her execution, but it didn’t work out.
For fortune telling you will need deck of 36 or 52 cards.Place the top card face down on the table and place the next one next to it.. We do this with the entire deck.
- If after the layout the card is between two of the same suit or value, then we shift it to the left one. We do this in all similar “neighborhoods”.
- After laying out the sixth card, the jack of spades always ends up between the kings of clubs and the kings of spades. We transfer this jack to the king of clubs.
- Next, the queen of clubs (third card) appears between the ten of spades and the jack of spades. We transfer the queen to the jack of spades.
- In the end, this queen finds herself between two jacks - hearts and spades. We transfer it to the left card. Subsequent rearrangement is not performed, so we take out subsequent cards.
- The solitaire game is successful if, after such a re-arrangement, all the cards are arranged in pairs.
So, solitaire games can be not only entertainment, but also excellent predictors of the future.
In 36 or 52 cards.
Option 1 (36 cards)
Task pyramid solitaire is to remove all cards from the playing area, which consists of three areas: A, B, C.
The cards are shuffled, removed and laid out in order, open, in area A in the shape of a pyramid: the first row - one card, the second row - 2 cards, placed on the first, half covering it.
A third row of 3 cards is superimposed on it, in turn, and so on - a total of 6 rows, in the last, sixth row there will be 6 cards.
Thus, in total there are 21 laid out in the pyramid open card .
The rest of the deck is placed in area B side up, that is, in a closed form.
At the beginning of the game and thereafter, the top card of deck B is always revealed. If she has not played any card from the pyramid, it may be moved to reserve area C.
In this reserve area, the face-up cards that have been moved and stacked in this way are accumulated.
As soon as the open top card leaves deck B, the next card after it is revealed, and so on.
Cards are removed from the site in pairs. Any two cards make a pair, regardless of suits, if their total points are 19.
In this case, the cards are assigned the following point values: sixes, sevens, eights, nines, tens have points in accordance with their face value, ace- 11 points, jack- 12 points, lady- 13 points, and to the king credited with 19 points.
Thus, the pairs are: 6 - queen; 7 - jack; 8 - ace; 9 - 10; and the king can retire alone, without a pair, since he has 19 points.
Only fully open cards of the pyramid (area A), the top open cards of deck B and reserve C can play, that is, be removed from the playing area.
Pyramid Solitaire It is considered won if all cards are removed.
Otherwise the quality solitaire The “pyramid” can be assessed by the number of cards remaining on the playing field or by the total number of points not removed.
Option 2 (52 cards)
This option differs from the first option in the following ways:
Pyramid A in the initial layout contains not 6, but 7 rows, including from one to seven cards. The last, 7th row, consisting of seven cards, is placed on the sixth according to the same principle as the sixth on the fifth, etc.
Pairs form cards that give a total of 13 points. Kings in this variation are valued at 13 points. The remaining cards are assigned the following point values: from two to ten - points at face value, ace - 1 point, jack - 11 points, queen - 12 points.
Thus, the pairs here will be as follows: deuce with jack; 3 - 10; 4 - 9; 5 - 8; 6 - 7; ace - queen; and there is only one king.
This version of solitaire cards is more interesting to play than the 36 card version. It is no coincidence that a 52 card deck is called solitaire.
This version is simpler than the normal version, as you can see the cards in all the piles (since they are all face up). The essence of the game is the same: create four piles of cards divided by suit.
- When you lay out the cards, make ten rows of four cards, all face up.
- You can only move the top cards of each row. There are four places above the cards where you can temporarily hold cards. You can place a card from the stack there if you want to draw the card underneath it.
- At the same time, use cards from the deck, but you can turn over one card at a time (instead of three in the main version and game).
Play Freecell Solitaire. This is one of the most difficult versions of the game of solitaire. This game tests your mental skills more than any other solitaire game, and all because you don't have a spare deck to use. The point of the game is to make four piles of cards, divided into suits and in ascending order.
- Arrange all the cards into eight piles: four piles of seven cards and four piles of six cards. All cards must be face up.
- Do not use cards for a spare deck. All cards must be placed in piles.
- Just like in The Forty Thieves, there are four empty spaces above the cards where you can temporarily store cards from the stacks. You only play the topmost cards of each pile, and you can place the first cards in the four empty spaces at the top if you want to draw the card below them.
Play golf solitaire. This variation of solitaire requires you to collect all the cards that are face up rather than collecting four piles.
- Lay out seven piles of five cards each. All cards must be face up. All other cards must be face down, in a separate pile.
- Turn over the top card from the reserve pile. You need to make a move using cards from the seven piles and a flipped card from the spare pile. When you have no more moves, flip over the next card from the reserve pile and continue playing with that card. Continue until you have used all the cards in the seven piles, or until you run out of steps.
Play Pyramid Solitaire. The essence of the game is to remove all the cards in the pyramid and in the spare deck, and put them in a discarded pile, creating pairs whose count is 13.
- Arrange the 28 cards in a pyramid, face up. They should be laid out so that the first row is one card, the next is two, then three, etc. until you have laid out 28 cards. Each row should slightly cover the previous one. Some people use 21 cards for this version.
- With the remaining cards, create a spare deck.
- Remove one or two cards at a time. You can only remove cards that have a score of 13. Kings are worth 13 points, queens are worth 12, jacks are worth 11, and the remaining cards are worth 1 (Ace is 1). For example, you can remove the king, but you can remove the 8 and 5 since they add up to 13. The top card of the reserve deck can be used to give you 13.
- If you fail to make more than one pair, you turn over the next card from the reserve deck. When you run out of your spare deck, you can take cards from the discarded deck and put them in your spare deck so you can continue to move cards from the pyramid.
Solitaire games have been known to the world for centuries. Some use them for entertainment, others for fortune telling, and others use them to train observation and logical thinking.
the site presents to your attention several ancient solitaire games, and at the same time tells the stories associated with them.
Solitaire "Gypsy"
As legend has it, the “predecessor” of this game of solitaire was played by the last French queen in prison, hoping for pardon. One day someone predicted to her that if she played solitaire just once, she would avoid a terrible fate. However, he never got along with her, and Marie Antoinette was executed.
Later, nomadic gypsies became fans of the queen's solitaire, but they complicated it - if the original version featured a deck of 32 sheets (without sixes), then the Romals began to lay out all 36 cards. They used solitaire both for entertainment and as a form of fortune telling.
How to play “gypsy” solitaire:
Take a deck of 36 sheets. Mix the cards thoroughly and arrange them face down in four rows of 8 pieces. The first card in each row corresponds to the king, the last to the six. After laying out 32 cards on the table, you will have an auxiliary stack in your hands - four sheets. Take the top one and place it in its proper place:
- In the 1st row there is space for tambourines;
- In the 2nd row - for worms;
- In the 3rd row - for clubs;
- In the 4th row - for spades.
For example, you opened the eight of hearts, which means that it must be placed in the second row from the top in the sixth place from the left. The card that was previously lying on this site is placed where it should be. If this card turns out to be the queen of clubs, move it to the third row, to the second place from the left.
In this way, open the cards until you get an ace. You put it aside and take the next card from the auxiliary pile (that is, the second of four). You also place it in the place corresponding to it, and move the card that was there to where it should be. Reveal the cards again in order until the next ace is discovered.
For solitaire to work, the last card you turn over must be an ace when all cards are face up.
Solitaire "Napoleon on St. Helena"
According to legend, Napoleon Bonaparte played this solitaire while in exile, hence the name. History is silent about what purpose the disgraced French emperor pursued when laying out his cards, and how often this solitaire worked out for him. However, it can be assumed that the Corsican simply entertained himself with the means at hand.
How to play Napoleon Solitaire
5 vintage solitaire games
For the layout you will need 2 decks of 52 sheets each. Shuffle them thoroughly and lay out three rows of 10 cards face down. In the fourth row, the cards are laid out open - they are called “free”. This is where the solitaire layout begins.
Cards are stacked one on top of the other in descending order. The row is removed to the “discard” (that is, to the side, and these cards no longer participate in solitaire) only when the entire “ranking” has been compiled, starting with the king and ending with the ace (king, queen, ... seven, six, ace). The suit of the cards does not matter.
For example, in the open row you have a queen, a jack and a ten. Place a jack and a ten on the queen, and turn over the vacated hole cards at the top. They become “free” and enter the game.
If nothing else can be moved from the “free” cards, lay out another open row from the main deck. Now it becomes playable. Previously opened sheets cannot be touched until you free access to them by removing the cards below.
You can move cards not only one at a time, but also in stacks. So, for example, you have a chain of 10s, 9s, 8s and 7s, you can transfer it to any free jack.
If you have completely opened and removed the entire vertical row, then in the free space you can put either a “ranking” that has not yet been fully assembled, or just one card.
The point of solitaire is to open all the cards, that is, to collect eight stacks of cards from kings to aces.
Fortress Defender Solitaire
There is a legend that several centuries ago this ancient solitaire was played by one of the defenders of a besieged fortress in the hope of salvation. The siege lasted a long time, and every day the warrior experienced failure - the solitaire game did not work out.
And then one day, when my strength was running out and there was practically no food left, the game of solitaire finally came to fruition. The man couldn't believe his eyes! However, after a couple of hours the siege was indeed lifted! The conquerors got tired of waiting for the gates to be opened to them, and simply left.
How to play Defender Solitaire:
5 vintage solitaire games
For this solitaire game you will need a deck of 52 cards. Remove the aces and place them in a vertical row in the middle of the table. Shuffle the remaining cards and lay them out face up as follows: six horizontal rows of four cards to the left of the aces and six to the right of them.
The outermost columns of each group are gaming ones (see figure). Cards from them can be transferred one at a time, exclusively by suit and in descending order (from king to deuce), to playing cards of other free rows. So, for example, you have freely available a jack of hearts and a ten of hearts. Move the 10 to the jack.
5 vintage solitaire games
Explanation: In the figure, the game rows are marked in red, that is, cards that can be moved. Aces are marked in lilac. The gray cards in each row are not active until the red cards are removed.
Several cards in a chain (2, 3, 4, etc.) cannot be moved at the same time, that is, at one time, so immediately analyze the entire layout so as not to block access to the ones you need on the next turn with your movements maps
Cards are placed on the aces in ascending order, that is, from twos to kings. If you have a deuce in the game row, immediately place it on the ace of the corresponding suit. Try to get to the bottom of the cards of lower value in order to move them to the aces.
If you have a horizontal row freed up, then you can put one extreme card from other rows in this place and start collecting a chain on it. The more rows you free up, the easier it will be for you to complete the entire solitaire game.
The goal of solitaire is to move all the cards by suit to their corresponding aces.
Solitaire "Prisoner of Reading"
One famous writer, whom the world still admires, ended up in Reading prison. There he not only wrote one of the most piercing ballads, but also, as legend has it, invented a solitaire game that has survived to this day almost in its original form. By the way, they say that he met with the writer only once - on the day when the prison warden announced: “Sir, you are free!”
How to play solitaire:
For this solitaire game you will need a deck of 36 sheets. Shuffle it and place nine cards face down in a horizontal row. Under this row, also place three more cards face up.
If there are cards in the top row of the same value as the middle card in the bottom row, then move them to this middle one. So, for example, there is a jack in the middle, which means that all the jacks (if any) from the top row must be placed on it. You cannot put anything on the outer cards. If there is nothing more to move, then lay out three more cards from the deck and again collect cards of the same value from the top row onto the middle sheet.
The solitaire game is considered successful if, having laid out all three cards from the deck, you completely transfer all the cards from the top row to the middle sheets.
5. Wedding Rings Solitaire
There is a beautiful legend that Elizabeth I of England played this solitaire game at a time when Parliament insistently demanded her marriage to one of the contenders. The Queen desperately did not want to get married. She believed that until the solitaire game worked out, she would be free. Judging by the fact that Elizabeth remained unmarried, the game of solitaire never worked out.
