Just Solitaire: Help

Just Solitaire is a Web site that contains 26 variations of solitaire (patience) that you can play for free right in your Web browser. To play, just go to the main page and select a game.

Once you being a game, the game play area will stretch to fill almost your entire browser window. You can expand or shrink your browser window and the cards and play area will resize to fill the space.

To interact with the cards in the game, simply click, or click and drag them. You can only drag cards to positions where they are allowed to go according to the rules of the particular game. You can click on a card to select it, and then click again on another stack of cards to move the selected cards to that stack. You can also double-click on a card to move it to the first available space that will accept the card.

At the top of the game is a set of menu buttons.

• Main Menu: Takes you baxck to the main page with the list of solitaire games.
• New Game: Starts a fresh new game of the current solitaire variation.
• Reset: Clear the current game, and deal the cards exactly as they were dealt before. This gives you the chance to start a game over again and try a different strategy.
• Undo: Takes the last move back. You can continue to use Undo as many times as you want. If you leave the game and return later, you can only undo until the first move of the session.
• New Deal: Clear the current game, shuffles the deck and starts a new game of the same type.
• How To Play: Brings up a list of rules for the current game.
• Settings: Brings up a list of game options.
  • Number of Deals: In games like Klondike, this determines the number of times the stock and waste pile can be exchanged.
  • Number of Cards to Deal: In games like Klondike, this determines the number of cards flipped over from the deck each time the stock is clicked.
  • Sound Effects: Allows you to turn the sound effects on or off.
  • Animation: Whether cards move across the screen when double-clicked or moved by a series of two clicks.
  • Animation: Whether cards move across the screen when double-clicked or moved by a series of two clicks.
  • Hints: When turned on, and you select a card, you can see where the selected card can go.
  • Auto Play: When on, stock deals to an empty waste pile and face-down cards that can be turned face-up will happen automatically.
  • Deck: Choose a style of playing cards. The Rectangular deck is best for older Internet Explorer browsers that do not scale graphics very well. The Mobile deck is best for small screens.
  • Background: Choose from a variety of screen backgrounds.

For more help topics, see the FAQ Page.

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