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How to play

By clicking on “New Game”, a new window will open allowing the player to define the maximum skill level of the opponent as well as the difficulty level. The difficulty levels are as follows:

• 1 Suit (eight x Spades from Ace to King)
• 2 Suits (four x Hearts and Spades from Ace to King)
• 4 Suits (two x Hearts, Spades, Clubs and Diamonds from Ace to King)

The fewer suits in the game, the easier it is. Alternatively, players are free to join a game that has already been opened by another player.

At the beginning of the game, the cards are laid out similar to Solitaire: 10 piles next to each other, with the top card facing up. On the left, above the piles of cards, the remaining game time is displayed. To the right there are three buttons: “Deal Cards”, “Undo” and “Done”. Next to these buttons are five piles of 10 cards each faced down. By clicking on “Deal Cards”, 10 new cards will be dealt out over the already open cards. The player may click this button until all five piles have been dealt. Each time a new card will be dealt and laid on top of the cards already shown. The top edge of the cards beneath those newly dealt will be visible. As a result, all of the cards that are facing up can be seen. The newly dealt cards do not normally match the cards they are laid upon.

To move a card from one pile to the next, the player has two possibilities. The cards can be moved by either dragging and dropping (by clicking on the desired card, holding the mouse button down while moving the card, then letting go to lay the card), or by double clicking on the card that the player wishes to move. In doing this, the card will be moved to the next matching pile. In order to make the game easier, all possible destinations for a card are highlighted once the player clicks on it.

The last move made by the player can be undone by clicking on the “Undo” button. However, this function cannot be used to re-cover a card that has been turned over. Furthermore, the “Undo” button cannot be used to reverse the “Deal Cards” function.

The game can be ended by clicking on “Done”, upon which the result of the game will be shown. To leave the playing room, the player must click on the “Leave” button that will be shown instead of the “Done” button. Further buttons available to the player during the game are “Player Info”, “New Friends” and “Ignore”.

The cards removed from the playing field are placed on the completed stack. This is situated next to the 5 covered card piles at the top of the screen. The cards are represented by a little box with the suit displayed.

The difference to other Spider Solitaire games is that the player is not forced to turn over the top card of a pile after the one above has been moved. Instead, the pile can be used as a free destination for any other card or sequence. The player also has the opportunity to take new cards from the deck at any time, even when there are no open cards available.

Spider Solitaire is played as a duel. The following rules apply:

• Both players have the same starting position, and receive the same cards as each other during the round.
• The players need not play at the same time – they can play consecutively.
• Once a player has completed his/her own game, he/she may either watch the opponent play, leave the game, or start another.
• Other players can be invited directly, but opening a private table is not possible.

Instructions

Spider Solitaire is a variant of Solitaire for two players, who play against each other. The objective of the game is to group all of the cards on the table into sequences and lay them on the completed pile. A sequence is an uninterrupted run of upward-facing cards of the same suit in descending order, e.g. 7 of Spades, 6 of Spades, 5 of Spades and 4 of Spades. The longest possible sequence is the King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and Ace of the same suit.

The game is played with 104 cards, 54 of which are laid out in 10 piles (4 x 6 cards, 6 x 5 cards). The top card of each pile is laid facing up. The remaining 50 cards make up the 5 piles that can individually brought into the game by clicking on “Deal Cards”.

Note that only cards that are on the top of a pile can be moved during the game. More than one card can be moved only when the cards involved form a sequence that is lying at the top of the pile. Furthermore, a single card or sequence can only be moved onto another card if the destination card has a value 1 higher than the card being moved, e.g. an 8 Diamonds can be placed on a 9 of Hearts, and a 7 and 6 of Spades on an 8 of Clubs. If the top card of a pile is still facing down, any card or sequence can be laid on the top. The same applies for any free places between the individual piles.

Once a sequence of 13 cards (King to Ace) is complete, it will be removed from the game and placed on the completed pile. If, at any point during the game, the player is left with a card or pile of cards facing down, he/she may turn it or the top card over.

The game is over once all of the cards are on the completed pile, or the player clicks the “Done” button.

Points

The following applies regarding points in the game:

• Turning over a covered card: 2 points per card
• Placing a matching card on a pile (e.g. 6 of Spades on the 7 of Spades): 2 points per card
• Placing a complete sequence on the completed stack: 26 points
• Completing the game (when all cards are on the completed pile): 100 points

For every move that a player makes, 1 point is deducted.