Crescent Solitaire

Two decks in sixteen piles. Build home up from the Aces and down from the Kings, move top cards up or down by suit, and shift the piles three times. 1 player.

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How to play Crescent Solitaire

  1. 1Crescent uses two decks. Get all 104 cards onto the eight foundations. One Ace of each suit starts a foundation that builds up by suit to the King, and one King of each suit starts a foundation that builds down by suit to the Ace.
  2. 2The other 96 cards are dealt face up into sixteen piles of six. Only the top card of a pile can move: home to a foundation, or onto another pile’s top card of the same suit, one rank higher or lower. A pile can go up and down as it grows. An Ace and a King don’t count as next to each other, and an empty pile stays empty.
  3. 3The top card of a foundation may cross over to the other foundation of its suit when it fits there, so a 6 can go from the Ace foundation onto a 7 on the King foundation, and back again.
  4. 4Three times a game you can shift the piles: the bottom card of every pile moves to its top, bringing buried cards into reach. The game ends when every card is home or nothing can move.
  5. 5Pick a card, then tap where it should go, or drag it there. A card that can go home goes straight there when you tap it.

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