How to play
You complete Cicely when all 104 cards reach the suited foundations after the reserve, tableau, and one-pass stock are cleared. The full Cicely position determines the outcome; visual shortcuts never replace the documented Cicely terminal rule.
- Cicely begins with two decks divided among a structured reserve, eight working columns, paired suited foundations, and one-pass stock rounds. The Cicely deal identity and PySolFC Cicely v1 are stored together. Restarting Cicely reproduces this opening exactly.
- During Cicely, you extend an exposed tableau pile by the neighbouring rank of its suit in either direction, promote available cards, and deal prescribed stock cards without recycling. The Cicely engine rejects profile violations, unavailable material, and every action attempted after Cicely reaches a terminal result.
- You complete Cicely when all 104 cards reach the suited foundations after the reserve, tableau, and one-pass stock are cleared. The full Cicely position determines the outcome; visual shortcuts never replace the documented Cicely terminal rule.
Strategy tips
- A reliable Cicely plan is to choose one direction for each suit fragment and use reserve access to join complementary high and low segments before the stock ends. A Cicely hint is legal and deterministic. The next Cicely hint exposes one bounded action; it never claims a forced Cicely win.
- A costly Cicely mistake is to reverse a suit chain without checking which buried reserve card needs its former top; there is no redeal to restore timing. Undo supports studying that Cicely decision, while restart preserves the original seeded Cicely opening.
- In the Cicely endgame, collapse same-suit fragments into foundation-ready order and spend the last stock round only after all current reserve exits are used. Check every remaining Cicely action before committing because its terminal rule is enforced immediately.