How to play
You complete Picture Patience when every card reaches the foundation target while the profile's access, packet, and sequence restrictions remain satisfied. The engine evaluates the full position rather than relying on a visual shortcut or an unsupported solvability claim.
- Picture Patience opens from a versioned seeded position built for Nine one-card picture slots refill immediately from waste, dealing first when needed; exposed cards feed four Ace-up and four King-down suit foundations during a single pass. Its game ID, rules profile, and deal identity are stored together so restart recreates the same opening without a server request.
- Every Picture Patience action is checked against the current board, available material, and this defining restriction: Nine one-card picture slots refill immediately from waste, dealing first when needed; exposed cards feed four Ace-up and four King-down suit foundations during a single pass. Invalid, stale, or post-terminal actions leave the position unchanged.
- You complete Picture Patience when every card reaches the foundation target while the profile's access, packet, and sequence restrictions remain satisfied. The engine evaluates the full position rather than relying on a visual shortcut or an unsupported solvability claim.
Strategy tips
- A practical Picture Patience plan is to preserve several legal continuations around Nine one-card picture slots refill immediately from waste, dealing first when needed; exposed cards feed four Ace-up and four King-down suit foundations during a single pass. Use the deterministic hint to inspect one legal action, then compare how it affects the documented objective before committing.
- A common Picture Patience error is to ignore the boundary rule that Nine one-card picture slots refill immediately from waste, dealing first when needed; exposed cards feed four Ace-up and four King-down suit foundations during a single pass. Undo is useful for studying that decision, while restart deliberately preserves the original seeded position.
- Near the end of Picture Patience, recount the remaining obligations needed until every card reaches the foundation target while the profile's access, packet, and sequence restrictions remain satisfied. Check the boundary rule after every final placement or transfer because terminal status is enforced immediately.