Setup and opening position
Four tableau piles receive one exposed card each and forty-eight cards remain in stock to refill each empty position after a valid pair is removed.
Cover Solitaire
Empty the stock, discard forty-eight cards, and finish with exactly four tableau survivors representing four distinct suits.
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How to play
Empty the stock, discard forty-eight cards, and finish with exactly four tableau survivors representing four distinct suits.
- Four tableau piles receive one exposed card each and forty-eight cards remain in stock to refill each empty position after a valid pair is removed.
- Select any two exposed cards of the same suit, regardless of rank, and discard them together. Vacated piles immediately refill from stock until it is exhausted; no other movement or pairing rule applies.
- Empty the stock, discard forty-eight cards, and finish with exactly four tableau survivors representing four distinct suits.
Strategy tips
- Choose between multiple same-suit pairs by considering the known refill order, and preserve suit diversity as the stock approaches its last few cards.
- Removing the first available pair can leave two identical-suit survivors; the game is not won merely because the stock is empty and only four cards remain.
- During the final refills, count which suits must survive and remove duplicate exposed suits without sacrificing the only representative of another suit.
Complete guide
Rules, scoring, and strategy
Cover Solitaire is a complete browser implementation with its own versioned rules profile. Repeatedly remove same-suit exposed pairs from four auto-refilling piles while engineering one survivor of every suit.
Legal moves and game flow
Select any two exposed cards of the same suit, regardless of rank, and discard them together. Vacated piles immediately refill from stock until it is exhausted; no other movement or pairing rule applies.
Winning and terminal positions
Empty the stock, discard forty-eight cards, and finish with exactly four tableau survivors representing four distinct suits. During the final refills, count which suits must survive and remove duplicate exposed suits without sacrificing the only representative of another suit.
Practical strategy
Choose between multiple same-suit pairs by considering the known refill order, and preserve suit diversity as the stock approaches its last few cards. Removing the first available pair can leave two identical-suit survivors; the game is not won merely because the stock is empty and only four cards remain.
Questions players ask
What is the objective in Cover Solitaire?
Empty the stock, discard forty-eight cards, and finish with exactly four tableau survivors representing four distinct suits.
Which moves are legal in Cover Solitaire?
Select any two exposed cards of the same suit, regardless of rank, and discard them together. Vacated piles immediately refill from stock until it is exhausted; no other movement or pairing rule applies.
What should I plan first in Cover Solitaire?
Choose between multiple same-suit pairs by considering the known refill order, and preserve suit diversity as the stock approaches its last few cards.