Description

FreeCell is a solitaire-based card game played with a 52-cardstandard deck. Rules: Construction and layout: One standard 52-carddeck is used. There are four open cells and four open foundations.Some alternate rules use between one to ten cells. Cards are dealtinto eight cascades, four of which comprise seven cards and four ofwhich comprise six. Some alternate rules will use between four toten cascades. Building during play: The top card of each cascadebegins a tableau. Tableaux must be built down by alternatingcolors. Foundations are built up by suit. Moves: Any cell card ortop card of any cascade may be moved to build on a tableau, ormoved to an empty cell, an empty cascade, or its foundation.Complete or partial tableaus may be moved to build on existingtableaus, or moved to empty cascades, by recursively placing andremoving cards through intermediate locations. While computerimplementations often show this motion, players using physicaldecks typically move the tableau at once. Victory: The game is wonafter all cards are moved to their foundation piles. For games withthe standard layout (four open cells and eight cascades) most gamesare easily solved.