Winning Strategy
for Spider Solitaire
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Spider Solitaire - A Winning Strategy
Boris Sandberg
Spider Solitaire is one of the most popular solitaire card
games in the world. It is often named Classic Solitaire Game
and "the King of all solitaires".
Spider Solitaire is a lot of fun and has to be learned like any
game. At first glance, this challenging and time-consuming game
seems to be too complicated. But spider solitaire is a very
easy game to play once you get the hang of it.
Not every game of Spider Solitaire can be won, but you have a
better chance of winning if you plan your strategy carefully.
Below you will find several simple rules that can increase your
chances of winning Spider Solitaire.
1. Build sequences of cards by following suit
Whenever you have a choice, prefer builds in suite ("natural
builds"). Natural build may be moved as a unit to be built
elsewhere. This allows you to expose a hidden face down card,
which you may now turn over, or expose an empty pile.
2. Try to expose hidden cards whenever possible
Uncovering hidden cards leads to a new set of possible moves.
Besides, it is a way to get empty pile.
3.Try to make empty piles as early as possible
Move cards from tableaus that have fewer cards. Use empty piles
as temporary storage when rearranging cards sequences into
"natural" builds as far as possible. Move cards to empty spaces
to turn over more cards.
4. Build on higher cards first
Among the "out of suit" builds, start with those of highest
rank. The reason for this is apparent. You can not move "out of
suit" build as a unit to another pile. So this build is of no
use except as a temporary storage for cards from other piles.
If we start with low card, the build will be finished with an
Ace very quickly and then it will be useless. Starting from
higher cards allows us to get maximum advantage from it.
5. Get as many cards exposed and arranged in suit order as
possible before dealing the next 10 cards from the stock
Otherwise your chances of winning are significantly reduced.
6. As soon as you remove a suit, arrange the remaining cards
into "natural builds"
Use empty piles as temporary storage when rearranging cards.
Spend some time practicing this strategy and soon you will find
yourself beating Spider Solitaire faster and more often.
About The Author: Boris Sandberg is a developer of the BVS
Solitaire Collection, a set of about 400 different solitaire
card games, including Spider Solitaire. For more information
please visit
http://www.bvssolitaire.com/spider-solitaire.htm
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