Spider Solitaire is a popular variant of solitaire using two decks of cards. Remove all the cards from the table in the fewest number of moves. Spider Solitaire is played with two decks of cards. Depending on the difficulty level, the decks consist of either one, two, or four different suits. The cards are arranged in ten columns. The top card in each column is face up, the rest are face down. The remaining cards are piled in the lower-right corner of the table.
How to play:
To win, you must remove all the cards from the table by building columns organized in descending order, from king to ace. At intermediate and advanced levels, the cards must also match suit.
When you succeed in building a sequentially-ordered column, it flies off the table.
If you run out of moves, click the pile at the bottom of the table and Windows deals a new row of cards.
You aren't limited to moving just one card at a time. If a run of cards are all in the same suit, and arranged in numeric order, you can drag them around as if they were a single card.
Scoring:
You start with 500 points. From this, Windows subtracts the number of moves it takes to finish a game. It then increases this subtotal by 100 times the number of runs removed from the table.
Hints and tips:
1. Ask for hints. Stuck? Press H to have Windows light up the cards you should play next. For beginners, it's also a good way to learn the game.
2. Clear space. Empty columns quickly and then start building new ones. This allows you to build the longest runs.
3. Uncover cards. Bring more cards into play by clearing columns and overturning cards deeper within the columns. The more cards in play, the more moves you have, and the lower your chances of stalled runs or being forced to draw from the deck.
4. Don't block cards. At higher difficulty settings, avoid placing low cards on cards of a different suit. This blocks them from play until the lower cards are moved.
Spider Solitaire is one of pre-installed games on Windows XP and Windows 7 but not on Windows 8 and Windows 10. Now you want to move Spider Solitaire to Windows 10 so you can play one of your favorite games on the newest Windows? Easy! To play Spider Solitaire XP on Windows 10, read here to know how to. To play Spider Solitaire Windows 7 on Windows 10, you can download it here.
Friday, May 20, 2016
Solitaire for Windows 10
Windows Solitaire is one of the most-played computer games in the world. It's based on the most popular variant of solitaire, Klondike. Build four stacks of cards, one for each suit, in ascending order, from ace to king. Windows solitaire is played with a single deck of 52 cards. The game begins with 28 cards arranged into seven columns. The first column contains one card, the second has two cards, and so on. The top card in each column is face up, the rest are face down. Four Home stacks are positioned at the upper-right corner. This is where you build the piles needed to win.
How to play:
Each Home stack must start with an ace. If you don't have any, you'll have to move cards between columns until you uncover one.
You can't move cards between columns at random, however. Columns must be built in descending order, from king to ace. So you can place a 10 on a jack, but not on a 3.
As an added twist, cards in columns must also alternate red and black.
You aren't limited to moving single cards. You can also move sequentially organized runs of cards between columns. Just click the deepest card in the run and drag them all to another column.
If you run out of moves, you'll have to draw more cards by clicking the deck in the upper-left corner. If the deck runs out, click its outline on the table to reshuffle it.
You can move a card to the Home stack either by dragging it or by double-clicking it.
Scoring:
Under Standard scoring, you receive five points for moving a card from the deck to a column, and 10 points for each card added to a Home stack.
If a game takes more than 30 seconds, you also receive bonus points based on the time it takes to finish. The bonus formula: 700,000 divided by total game time in seconds. Thus, the highest possible Standard score is 24,113!
(To change the scoring system, click the Game menu and then click Options.)
Hints and tips:
1. Ask for hints. Stuck? Press H to have Windows light up the cards you should play next. For beginners, it's also a good way to learn the game.
2. Keep runs even. Runs are the stacks of visible cards you create in the columns. Don't let any one run get too far ahead of the others if you can help it. Having one particularly long run makes it difficult to make other moves.
3. Leave no card unturned. The more face-down cards in a column, the better it is to work at revealing those cards first. It will increase your odds of making plays.
Solitaire is one of pre-installed games on Windows XP and Windows 7 but not on Windows 8 and Windows 10. Now you want to move Solitaire to Windows 10 so you can play one of your favorite games on the newest Windows? Easy! To play Solitaire XP on Windows 10, read here to know how to. To play Solitaire Windows 7 on Windows 10, you can download it here.
How to play:
Each Home stack must start with an ace. If you don't have any, you'll have to move cards between columns until you uncover one.
You can't move cards between columns at random, however. Columns must be built in descending order, from king to ace. So you can place a 10 on a jack, but not on a 3.
As an added twist, cards in columns must also alternate red and black.
You aren't limited to moving single cards. You can also move sequentially organized runs of cards between columns. Just click the deepest card in the run and drag them all to another column.
If you run out of moves, you'll have to draw more cards by clicking the deck in the upper-left corner. If the deck runs out, click its outline on the table to reshuffle it.
You can move a card to the Home stack either by dragging it or by double-clicking it.
Scoring:
Under Standard scoring, you receive five points for moving a card from the deck to a column, and 10 points for each card added to a Home stack.
If a game takes more than 30 seconds, you also receive bonus points based on the time it takes to finish. The bonus formula: 700,000 divided by total game time in seconds. Thus, the highest possible Standard score is 24,113!
(To change the scoring system, click the Game menu and then click Options.)
Hints and tips:
1. Ask for hints. Stuck? Press H to have Windows light up the cards you should play next. For beginners, it's also a good way to learn the game.
2. Keep runs even. Runs are the stacks of visible cards you create in the columns. Don't let any one run get too far ahead of the others if you can help it. Having one particularly long run makes it difficult to make other moves.
3. Leave no card unturned. The more face-down cards in a column, the better it is to work at revealing those cards first. It will increase your odds of making plays.
Solitaire is one of pre-installed games on Windows XP and Windows 7 but not on Windows 8 and Windows 10. Now you want to move Solitaire to Windows 10 so you can play one of your favorite games on the newest Windows? Easy! To play Solitaire XP on Windows 10, read here to know how to. To play Solitaire Windows 7 on Windows 10, you can download it here.
Purble Place for Windows 10
Purble Place is actually three games in one: Comfy Cakes, Purble Shop, and Purble Pairs. These whimsical games help teach children memory, pattern recognition, and reasoning skills. But at higher difficulty levels, they'll challenge players of all ages.
Comfy Cakes:
This game puts you in Chef Purble's bakery. Your job: to fill an order for a batch of cakes.
The bakery's customers are very particular, so you'll need to make the cakes with the correct combination of shapes, batters, fillings, icings, and decorations. Oh, and work fast because the cakes never stop coming!
Purble Shop:
This game tests your powers of deduction. The goal: to make your Purble's face match the mystery Purble behind the curtain. Choose hair, eyes, nose, and lips from the shelves, then learn how many—but not which—features you got right!
Purble Pairs:
This game's goal is to find all the identical pictures before time runs out. Flip a tile to reveal a picture, then try to find its match. Use a "sneak peek" token to get a glimpse of the whole board.
Purble Place is one of pre-installed games on Windows 7 but not on Windows 8 and Windows 10. Now you want to move Purble Place to Windows 10 so you can play one of your favorite games on the newest Windows? Easy! To play Purble Place Windows 7 on Windows 10, you can download it here.
Comfy Cakes:
This game puts you in Chef Purble's bakery. Your job: to fill an order for a batch of cakes.
The bakery's customers are very particular, so you'll need to make the cakes with the correct combination of shapes, batters, fillings, icings, and decorations. Oh, and work fast because the cakes never stop coming!
Purble Shop:
This game tests your powers of deduction. The goal: to make your Purble's face match the mystery Purble behind the curtain. Choose hair, eyes, nose, and lips from the shelves, then learn how many—but not which—features you got right!
Purble Pairs:
This game's goal is to find all the identical pictures before time runs out. Flip a tile to reveal a picture, then try to find its match. Use a "sneak peek" token to get a glimpse of the whole board.
Purble Place is one of pre-installed games on Windows 7 but not on Windows 8 and Windows 10. Now you want to move Purble Place to Windows 10 so you can play one of your favorite games on the newest Windows? Easy! To play Purble Place Windows 7 on Windows 10, you can download it here.
Minesweeper for Windows 10
Minesweeper is a deceptively simple test of memory and reasoning—and one of the most popular Windows games of all time. The goal: find the empty squares and avoid the mines. Find the empty squares while avoiding the mines. The faster you clear the board, the better your score.
Minesweeper has three standard boards to choose from, each progressively more difficult:
1. Beginner: 81 tiles, 10 mines
2. Intermediate: 256 tiles, 40 mines
3. Expert: 480 tiles, 99 mines
You can also create a custom board by clicking the Game menu, and then clicking Options. Minesweeper supports boards of up to 720 squares and 668 mines.
How to play:
The rules in Minesweeper are simple:
Uncover a mine, and the game ends.
Uncover an empty square, and you keep playing.
Uncover a number, and it tells you how many mines lay hidden in the eight surrounding squares—information you use to deduce which nearby squares are safe to click.
Hints and tips:
1. Mark the mines. If you suspect a square conceals a mine, right-click it. This puts a flag on the square. (If you're not sure, right-click again to make it a question mark.)
2. Study the patterns. If three squares in a row display 2-3-2, then you know three mines are probably lined up beside that row. If a square says 8, every surrounding square is mined.
3. Explore the unexplored. Not sure where to click next? Try clearing some unexplored territory. You're better off clicking in the middle of unmarked squares than in an area you suspect is mined.
Minesweeper is one of pre-installed games on Windows XP and Windows 7 but not on Windows 8 and Windows 10. Now you want to move Minesweeper to Windows 10 so you can play one of your favorite games on the newest Windows? Easy! To play Minesweeper XP on Windows 10, read here to know how to. To play Minesweeper Windows 7 on Windows 10, you can download it here.
Minesweeper has three standard boards to choose from, each progressively more difficult:
1. Beginner: 81 tiles, 10 mines
2. Intermediate: 256 tiles, 40 mines
3. Expert: 480 tiles, 99 mines
You can also create a custom board by clicking the Game menu, and then clicking Options. Minesweeper supports boards of up to 720 squares and 668 mines.
How to play:
The rules in Minesweeper are simple:
Uncover a mine, and the game ends.
Uncover an empty square, and you keep playing.
Uncover a number, and it tells you how many mines lay hidden in the eight surrounding squares—information you use to deduce which nearby squares are safe to click.
Hints and tips:
1. Mark the mines. If you suspect a square conceals a mine, right-click it. This puts a flag on the square. (If you're not sure, right-click again to make it a question mark.)
2. Study the patterns. If three squares in a row display 2-3-2, then you know three mines are probably lined up beside that row. If a square says 8, every surrounding square is mined.
3. Explore the unexplored. Not sure where to click next? Try clearing some unexplored territory. You're better off clicking in the middle of unmarked squares than in an area you suspect is mined.
Minesweeper is one of pre-installed games on Windows XP and Windows 7 but not on Windows 8 and Windows 10. Now you want to move Minesweeper to Windows 10 so you can play one of your favorite games on the newest Windows? Easy! To play Minesweeper XP on Windows 10, read here to know how to. To play Minesweeper Windows 7 on Windows 10, you can download it here.
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