Setup and opening position
Eight tableau piles receive one card each, one card starts the waste, and forty-three cards remain in stock; there are no reserves or foundations.
Circle Eight
Consume every stock and waste card by extending the eight tableau arcs.
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How to play
Consume every stock and waste card by extending the eight tableau arcs.
- Eight tableau piles receive one card each, one card starts the waste, and forty-three cards remain in stock; there are no reserves or foundations.
- Draw stock cards singly. Only the exposed waste card may move to a tableau pile, where it must be exactly one rank above the current top with King wrapping to Ace. Empty tableau piles cannot be started, and the waste may be recycled once after stock exhaustion.
- Consume every stock and waste card by extending the eight tableau arcs.
Strategy tips
- Maintain a broad spread of top ranks so each new waste card has a successor target, and avoid advancing several arcs to the same rank before the final pass.
- Suits are irrelevant but direction is not: the waste must be the next higher wrapped rank, and tableau cards never move between arcs.
- Before recycling, record the top rank of every arc and use the fixed second-pass waste order to ensure each remaining card has a landing place.
Complete guide
Rules, scoring, and strategy
Circle Eight is a complete browser implementation with its own versioned rules profile. Absorb an entire one-card waste into eight wrapped rank-up arcs, with no foundations and only one opportunity to recycle.
Legal moves and game flow
Draw stock cards singly. Only the exposed waste card may move to a tableau pile, where it must be exactly one rank above the current top with King wrapping to Ace. Empty tableau piles cannot be started, and the waste may be recycled once after stock exhaustion.
Winning and terminal positions
Consume every stock and waste card by extending the eight tableau arcs. Before recycling, record the top rank of every arc and use the fixed second-pass waste order to ensure each remaining card has a landing place.
Practical strategy
Maintain a broad spread of top ranks so each new waste card has a successor target, and avoid advancing several arcs to the same rank before the final pass. Suits are irrelevant but direction is not: the waste must be the next higher wrapped rank, and tableau cards never move between arcs.
Questions players ask
What is the objective in Circle Eight?
Consume every stock and waste card by extending the eight tableau arcs.
Which moves are legal in Circle Eight?
Draw stock cards singly. Only the exposed waste card may move to a tableau pile, where it must be exactly one rank above the current top with King wrapping to Ace. Empty tableau piles cannot be started, and the waste may be recycled once after stock exhaustion.
What should I plan first in Circle Eight?
Maintain a broad spread of top ranks so each new waste card has a successor target, and avoid advancing several arcs to the same rank before the final pass.
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