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Simple Simon

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4 SUITS Ready to play
Time 00:00 Moves 0 Runs 0 / 4

Select a face-up card, then a destination column. Dragging also works.

NOTES FROM THE TABLE

Meet Simple Simon

The following details apply here. All cards are face up from the beginning. There are ten tableau columns and no stock pile. Simple Simon on wybx66.com uses a single 52-card deck with four suits. The goal is four complete same-suit King-to-Ace sequences.

A wide starting tableau

Here are the details for this mode. The first three opening columns contain eight cards each. The remaining columns contain seven, six, five, four, three, two and one cards. All 52 cards are placed in the tableau at the start. No hidden cards remain to be turned over later.

Build down by rank

Keep these points in mind. A King needs an empty column because no higher rank exists. An exposed card can land on a card exactly one rank higher. An Ace is the lowest rank and cannot receive another card. Single-card placement does not require matching suits.

Keep a descending suit sequence

A few details help explain this feature. A visible card can remain blocked by cards beneath it. A shorter same-suit segment at the bottom may offer a legal move. A group moves together only when its selected cards descend in the same suit. Being face up does not make every multi-card group movable.

Separate temporary builds

Here are the details for this mode. Planning where each segment can land helps avoid blocking a useful card. A mixed build must be separated into legal groups before those groups can move. A mixed-suit descending build can serve as a temporary arrangement. Open columns can provide space for rearranging suit segments.

Create room to rearrange

The following details apply here. An empty column accepts any exposed card or legal same-suit group. You do not have to reserve empty columns for Kings. Spare columns can help you reconnect separated parts of one suit. A King-led group cannot land on a nonempty column.

Work with the visible cards

A few details help explain this feature. A difficult position cannot receive another row of cards. Undo and Replay provide ways to investigate a different sequence of decisions. Simple Simon has no stock-deal action. All possible future arrangements depend on the cards already in the tableau.

Four runs finish the game

A few details help explain this feature. Each collected run must contain one suit in order from King down to Ace. A descending sequence with a suit change does not count as complete. Collecting four runs clears all 52 cards. A full qualifying run is removed automatically at the bottom of a column.

Study a visible puzzle

Keep these points in mind. Hint suggests a currently legal move rather than a complete solution. Random Simple Simon games are not claimed to be guaranteed solvable. Replay returns to the same opening arrangement. New game deals a fresh face-up arrangement.

A separate saved game

Here are the details for this mode. Its saved position is separate from Spider and the other variants. My Statistics lists Simple Simon starts, wins and best completed results. Use Privacy & Cookie Settings to manage or clear the local records. With saving enabled, Simple Simon stores its current game in this browser.