How to play
Success in Soother requires that the large reserve and tableau empty into all sixteen foundations. The game declares completion only after all interacting restrictions agree at the same time.
- The Soother opening separates permanent constraints from player-controlled positions. Nine rank-down lanes, one eight-card reserve, and sixteen suit foundations divide four decks into two separate upward foundation banks. Its versioned seed recreates those same constraints locally while keeping unrevealed decisions out of the guide and board labels.
- Soother treats the printed or dealt restrictions as hard constraints, not suggestions. Nine rank-down lanes, one eight-card reserve, and sixteen suit foundations divide four decks into two separate upward foundation banks. A move that contradicts the current state has no effect, including after the game has ended.
- Success in Soother requires that the large reserve and tableau empty into all sixteen foundations. The game declares completion only after all interacting restrictions agree at the same time.
Strategy tips
- Feed both eight-foundation banks evenly and use the large reserve to isolate cards that unblock several of the nine rank-down lanes.
- Filling the eight-card reserve with one suit or rank band can starve half of the sixteen foundations and remove the flexibility promised by its size.
- Close Soother by auditing the boundary cases first and the obvious placements second. The position is not done until the large reserve and tableau empty into all sixteen foundations.