Instead, the player manipulates the position of the cards in the ten tableaus. Unlike in other solitaires, in Spider Solitaire the player does not directly place cards in the foundations. How to play?Īs in any other solitaire, the objective is to sort shuffled cards by number and color.
Because of its higher difficulty, Spider Solitaire became so popular that in the early 2000's gained the status of the most popular solitaire game played on Windows PCs. The game first appeared in system Windows 3.x in 1991 but it gained in popularity thanks to its distribution with Windows XP.
In the simplified versions, the cards have only one color (the easiest) or two colors (medium difficulty). Unlike other popular patience games, Spider Solitaire is played with two decks of cards (that is with 104 cards). Most likely, Spider Solitaire derives its name from the eight legs of a spider, which correspond to the eight foundations which must be filled with cards in order to solve the game. The origins of the game name are not certain. Important shortcut keys Toggle full screen:
