12-in-1 Solitaire

Free online browser game

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About 12-in-1 Solitaire

The pitch is breadth. Instead of one deal type polished to death, this is twelve separate solitaire games sharing an interface and a scoreboard. Most of the value sits in the variants you would never seek out individually, the ones structurally somewhere between Klondike and FreeCell that never get a site of their own.

Each game keeps its own rules, so what you really have is a menu to graze. Daily deals give a reason to return to one particular variant, scores are recorded so a session leaves a trace, and every game explains itself on screen before the first hand. That last part is what makes a twelve-game bundle usable rather than intimidating.

How to play

Pick a variant from the menu, read the rules it shows you, and play the hand it deals. Sampling several in one sitting is the intended use, and the score tracking follows you between them.

Controls

  • Cards are clicked or dragged between piles according to whichever variant you selected.
  • Each game presents its own rules panel before dealing.
  • The pile layouts are dense, so a larger screen makes them considerably easier to read.

Tips

  • Begin with the variant you already know, learn where the interface puts things, then branch out.
  • Some of the twelve lean far harder on luck than others; if one keeps dealing dead hands, that is the design rather than your play.
  • Treat the daily deal as a benchmark, since it hands you a fixed layout instead of a random one.

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