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Freecell

This solitaire card game has players move visible cards among cascades and free cells to build every suit upward on foundations. Limited temporary storage makes each alternating-color sequence a planning puzzle, where a blocked card can halt the whole layout.

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Players

1-2

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.71/5

Rating

5.63

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 1.3/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How does it play?

Freecell is a soiltaire card game, using a standard deck of cards. It is widely known because its software version is usually included with Windows.

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Freecell is a soiltaire card game, using a standard deck of cards. It is widely known because its software version is usually included with Windows. Cards are dealt into eight cascades, where every card is visible. There are four foundations and four free cells. The free calls can contain only one card at a time. The top cards of the cascades and the cards in the free calls can be moved. In the cascades you can build down in alternating colors, i.e. put a card on an other one if its rank is smaller by one and their color is different. In the foundations you can build up in suit, starting from the ace. The goal is to move every card in the foundations.

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Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
2
Play time
20 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.7/5
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1
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Publishers

1
(Public Domain)

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