Free Solitaire Games

Cards which are useful for building are marked with blue squares as seen in the screen shots of the games listed below. As a result these games can be played with less effort and more skill. The games offered are free with no strings attached.

Tournament

Tournament with practice can be won about half the time with the following features:

• All cards that can go on the foundations are marked by light blue colored squares. This saves tedious searching of the wastepiles.
  
  
• Cards which have a good chance of being sent to the foundations on subsequent deals are also marked by dark blue colored squares. It is good to fill the reserve with these cards.
  
  
• A table indicates which cards have yet to be dealt as determined from the face-up cards.
  
  
• The probability of a space in the reserve being generated on the next deal is shown. This helps in deciding whether to completely fill the reserve with cards or not.

Queen of Italy

This version of Queen of Italy gives 4 cards for the initial choice of foundation and has only 8 tableau columns. With practice Queen of Italy can be won about half the time. Queen of Italy has the following features:

• Cards in the reserve which could prevent cards underneath from being played are flagged.
  
  
• Cards are marked with colored squares according to whether they can go on the foundations or on or under a tableau card.
  
  
• A table indicates which cards have yet to be dealt as determined from the face-up cards.

Shenandoah

Shenandoah is an easier version of Virginia Reel where wastepile cards can fill a space in the tableau Shenandoah can be won about half the time. Shenandoah has the following features:

• The foundation cards of rank 2, 3, or 4 are marked with yellow. Aces are marked with blue.
  
  
• All cards that can go on foundations are marked with a light blue colored square.
  
  
• Wastepile cards that can be used to pick up cards in the tableau and thereby make spaces are marked by a dark blue colored square. It is good to fill the tableau with these cards.
  
  
• If a wastepile column has a card which could potentially keep a card of the same suit underneath it from being played on the foundations, that column is flagged.
  
  
• A table indicates which cards have yet to be dealt as determined from the face-up cards.
  
  
• The probability of a space being made in the tableau on the next deal is shown and is based on the cards already dealt. This could help to decide which cards should go on an empty tableau space.

Click on one of the boxes below to download Tournament, Queen of Italy, or Shenandoah.

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• Windows 98 or later
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