Arctica is an original solitaire designed by Absolute Patience's Team.

• Played with 52 cards (1 regular deck)
• Medium complexity and difficult to win (1 game out of 6)
• The goal is to move all cards to the 4 foundations

Rules:

• Foundations (4 top piles, left and right) - Each foundation starts empty. Built in ascending family sequence (for example a 9 of diamond can only be played on a 8 of diamond) from Ace to King (the first card must an Ace, the last will be a King), until each pile contains 13 cards. The exposed card of each foundation (except Aces) can be played.
• Tableau (6 piles below foundations) - Each pile of the tableau starts with 4 face-down cards and 3 face-up cards. Built in any descending sequence (for example any 9 of any family can be played on any 10 of any family). The exposed card of each pile of the tableau can be played; also any pack of exposed cards in any sequence (no need to be a suit) can be played to another pile of the tableau. Empty piles may be filled by a King or a pack of cards in any sequence and led by a King (see options).
• Reserve (center pile - the "braid") - Starts with 10 face-up cards. No card can be moved to the reserve. Free cards can be played (a card is free if it is not blocked by any card above it).

Options:

• Empty tableau - By default, empty piles of the tableau can be filled by a King or a pack of cards in any sequence and led by a King. The variant allows to fill empty piles of the tableau with any card of a pack of cards in any sequence led by any card (easier).

Tips & Strategy:

• Play cards of the Reserve - The Reserve contains blocked cards you will need sooner or later. You must free them as soon as possible. Of course you should first study cards in the reserve to decide if they are important or not.
• Empty tableau piles - Try to free one or more piles within the tableau. This way you will be able to play your kings. This is especially important if the reserve is blocked by a King...

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