Setup and opening position
Four tableau piles receive one face-up card each and forty-eight cards remain in stock; no reserves or foundations are used.
Daddy Longlegs
Finish with four thirteen-card tableau piles, each running in suit from Ace through King, and no stock remaining.
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How to play
Finish with four thirteen-card tableau piles, each running in suit from Ace through King, and no stock remaining.
- Four tableau piles receive one face-up card each and forty-eight cards remain in stock; no reserves or foundations are used.
- Build tableau upward in suit, move any fully face-up tail onto a legal next rank, and allow only an Ace to enter an empty pile. A stock action deals one face-up card to each tableau pile until all cards have entered play.
- Finish with four thirteen-card tableau piles, each running in suit from Ace through King, and no stock remaining.
Strategy tips
- Expose and preserve one Ace for each suit, then keep all four upward sequences progressing evenly before adding another stock row.
- This layout builds upward rather than downward, and a non-Ace cannot restart an emptied column even when no other destination exists.
- When the stock is nearly gone, place each new card on its permanent suited sequence and avoid merging tails that contain cards needed by another suit.
Complete guide
Rules, scoring, and strategy
Daddy Longlegs is a complete browser implementation with its own versioned rules profile. Grow four visible same-suit sequences upward from Aces while stock rows continuously add cards to the tableau.
Legal moves and game flow
Build tableau upward in suit, move any fully face-up tail onto a legal next rank, and allow only an Ace to enter an empty pile. A stock action deals one face-up card to each tableau pile until all cards have entered play.
Winning and terminal positions
Finish with four thirteen-card tableau piles, each running in suit from Ace through King, and no stock remaining. When the stock is nearly gone, place each new card on its permanent suited sequence and avoid merging tails that contain cards needed by another suit.
Practical strategy
Expose and preserve one Ace for each suit, then keep all four upward sequences progressing evenly before adding another stock row. This layout builds upward rather than downward, and a non-Ace cannot restart an emptied column even when no other destination exists.
Questions players ask
What is the objective in Daddy Longlegs?
Finish with four thirteen-card tableau piles, each running in suit from Ace through King, and no stock remaining.
Which moves are legal in Daddy Longlegs?
Build tableau upward in suit, move any fully face-up tail onto a legal next rank, and allow only an Ace to enter an empty pile. A stock action deals one face-up card to each tableau pile until all cards have entered play.
What should I plan first in Daddy Longlegs?
Expose and preserve one Ace for each suit, then keep all four upward sequences progressing evenly before adding another stock row.
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