Solitaire

About Solitaire Android Game

Solitaire offers several single player card games for your enjoyment.

General
Solitaire features the following game play navigation:

Moving
Single Card - Drag the card.
Whole Stack - Drag the stack starting above the bottom card.
Partial Stack - Tap the stack, scroll to adjust, then drag the top card.

Auto Move
Fling a card to start a chain of moving cards to their home.

Dealing
Tap the deck, or click the trackball or search key.

Undo
Push the back button.

Menu
Use either standard Android menu, or long press bottom center of screen for alternate menu.

Game play may be customized with the following options:

Large Card Art
Enable or disable use of simple card art for improved visibility.

Display Time
Enable or disable display of time elapsed.

Auto Move
Always - will automatically move cards to foundations.
Fling Only - will start a chain of moving cards to foundations if you fling a card.
Never - will not automatically move cards. All cards must be moved manually.

Lock Landscape
Enable or disable lock to keep game in landscape orientation.

Current game statistics are available, such as wins and losses.

Terminology
A card game contains one or more card decks of 52 cards each.

Each deck contains four suits: Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, and Spades.

Each suit contains thirteen card types with the following ascending order: Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, and King.

The purpose of solitaire card games generally involves manipulating a layout of cards with the goal of sorting the cards in some manner.

Several terms are helpful to describe solitaire card games:

Stock
A pile of cards that can be drawn upon during the game, usually one card at a time.

Waste
A pile where discarded cards are stored, usually so that these may be used later in the game.

Foundation
A pile of cards that is built upon a base card, usually in an ascending sequence of the same card suit.

Tableau
A temporary working pile where you build groups of cards in some sequence before you are able to move the cards to a foundation.

Build
An ordered sequence of cards that may be partial or full (13 in sequence cards).

The app does not collect any user data.