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Games of Skill

You have 6 minutes to complete this game.

The playing area is composed of the tableau, the free cells, and the foundation:

All 52 cards are dealt face-up in the 8 columns of the tableau. The bottom card in each column is free to be moved. A free card can be placed at the bottom of another column, provided that the last card in that column is one higher and of the opposite color. That is, the 7 of hearts could be placed on either the 8 of clubs or the 8 of spades.

Cards are moved to the foundation by first moving the ace of a suit, then the 2 of that suit, and continuing on through the king. Note that once a card has been moved to the foundation, it can never be moved again.

The four free cells act as placeholder spaces, where any free card can be temporarily placed in order to access cards buried in the tableau. A free cell can never contain more than one card. You can also move any free card into an empty column in the tableau.

To save time, you can move a several cards at once, as long as they are ordered (ascending rank and alternating color), and as long as there are enough open free cells to perform the move. You can move a stack that is one greater than the number of free cells. For example, if there were 3 open free cells, you could move a stack of four cards. For this purpose, an empty column in the tableau counts as an open free cell.

In each deal out, there will be 8 golden 'Magic Cards' distributed randomly. Each magic card gives the player one chance to move any card of his choice to the top piles and clear the tableau faster.

To move a stack of cards, click and drag the highest-ranked card in the stack you want to move.

Any free card will automatically move to the foundation, provided there is a valid space for it there.

If you get stuck, use the quit button. You'll still get a time bonus even if you don't complete the game, so click this button as soon as you realize that you're stuck.

If you wish to switch of the music please press on the music icon and the music will be switched off.

To use the Magic card, first you have to clear off all the cards above the magic card. Then click on the magic card image, then click on the card which you want to move in the foundation pile above.

Player gets 100 points for every card moved to the foundation. In addition to this, player also gets time bonus of 1 point for every second remaining in the timer. If player cannot find any moves, he can quit the game and get time bonus for the number of seconds remaining in his timer.

Free cells are extremely precious so don't use them unless you really need to as this will hamper your movement.

Don't put cards into the foundation that you might need in the tableau as once a card is in the foundation, it can't be taken back.

Try and find low cards - Aces, twos, etc. - that are buried far down in the columns, and think out a plan to free them.

Try to empty out one of your tableau columns because it's like giving yourself an extra free cell!