Rules, decisions, comparisons

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Browse PlaySolitaire guides to rules, strategy, game types, terminology, measured win rates, and difficulty—then open the exact game.

Learn the rules

Start with setup, legal moves, and the vocabulary used on the board.

Classic Solitaire

Learn the layout, deal, legal moves, and how a game is won.

Pyramid

Understand pairs that total 13 and how cards become available.

Spider

Learn the ten-column deal, movable runs, and one-, two-, and four-suit modes.

FreeCell

Learn free-cell discipline, legal sequences, and the supermove formula.

Reference

Check the table, card, and move words used throughout the guides.

Practice priorities that make hidden information and limited space easier to manage.

Decision guide

Use opening priorities, stock timing, and replayable positions to choose stronger moves.

Explore families, measured results, and clearly stated difficulty definitions.

Game families

Compare eighteen playable variations by rules, pace, and style.

Measured data

Inspect the current public dataset, table, methodology, and uncertainty notes.

Evidence ranking

Compare difficulty using the stated evidence method and every existing game path.