How to play
Success in Scuffle requires that the shuffled redeal states expose enough cards to finish all foundations before redeals expire. The game declares completion only after all interacting restrictions agree at the same time.
- The Scuffle opening separates permanent constraints from player-controlled positions. A redeal collects and shuffles every card still in the tableau, replacing the existing layout rather than merely turning a waste packet. Its versioned seed recreates those same constraints locally while keeping unrevealed decisions out of the guide and board labels.
- Scuffle treats the printed or dealt restrictions as hard constraints, not suggestions. A redeal collects and shuffles every card still in the tableau, replacing the existing layout rather than merely turning a waste packet. A move that contradicts the current state has no effect, including after the game has ended.
- Success in Scuffle requires that the shuffled redeal states expose enough cards to finish all foundations before redeals expire. The game declares completion only after all interacting restrictions agree at the same time.
Strategy tips
- Move every currently useful tableau card before shuffling, then judge a redeal by how many new foundation ranks it can expose rather than by surface variety.
- Expecting the redeal to preserve packet order leads to plans around cards that will be shuffled apart; a prepared sequence can disappear completely.
- Close Scuffle by auditing the boundary cases first and the obvious placements second. The position is not done until the shuffled redeal states expose enough cards to finish all foundations before redeals expire.