Play Crescent Solitaire Game: Free Online Crescent Solitaire Card Game - No App Download! (2024)

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Crescent Solitaire Game Play Instructions

• Starting the Game
  • Cards are automatically dealt when the game loads.
    • The game starts with a 20-minute countdown timer. If you switch to a different browser it pauses the game.
    • If the 20-minute countdown goes to zero the game automatically ends in a loss.
    • Your local web browser automatically stores your best time.
• Game Controls
  • Mouse
    • Click on a card to select it.
    • Drag the card to where you want to place it.
  • Touchscreen
    • Use your finger like a mouse.
  • The upper left corner has sound control and help play instructions buttons.
  • The upper right corner has buttons to resign from the current game or save the current game.
  • The bottom of the game has three buttons: arrow to undo most recent move, hint to highlight a play you can make, and reshuffle.
    • Players get up to three hints and three reshuffles per game.
• Game Play
  • The name of this game is to quickly build up your foundations as fast as you can so that it leaves more cards potentially playable.
    • Quickly building your foundations means a broader range of cards will be playable between the tableau and the foundations, while you will also work through the cards in your reserves.
  • Try to create an empty column on the tableau.
    • An empty column on the tableau provides you a lot of flexibility to reorganize your remaining cards.
    • Normally you can only lay cards in ascending or descending order as they are stacked, but if you have an empty column you can reverse their order.
      • For example, let’s say you have king through jack of hearts on one foundation and ace through 3 of hearts on another foundation. If you have a column of cards on the tableau which is a descending stack of hearts from 10 to 5 you would not be able to play that. But if you had an empty column you could lay the 5 of hearts onto that, build up to the 10, then lay from 10 down to 5 on the king through jack foundation.
  • Build in the correct direction
    • If you have the king and queen of spades on a foundation and have the 10 and 9 of spades on the tableau you typically would want to lay the 10 on top of the 9 so that if you can find a jack you can lay all three cards onto the foundation.
  • Undoing moves
    • When you pick up a card and begin to move it you can see the card underneath it, so it gives you options when considering which card to lay if you have
      • two of the same card showing
      • a sequential run of suited cards in the middle (e.g. 6-7-8) and you are trying to determine if you want to stack them in ascending or descending order
    • This game also contains an undo button in the lower left corner, however it can only be use one move at a time. You can not undo multiple consecutive moves after the card has already been laid, which is why it is important to use the above mentioned drag and reveal technique.
  • Suited sequential order
    • When you place cards on the tableau they need to be of the same suit as the card you are laying them on.
    • They also need to be sequentially above or below the prior card.
    • You can create a run of cards which moves in both directions, meaning you can have cards go 7-8-9-8-9-10 as long as they are all the same suit.
  • Work your foundations together
    • Each suit has 2 foundations with one going from ace up and the other going from king down.
      • Do not complete a foundation prematurely if the other associated foundation in that suit is far from completion or else you limit the ability to have the foundations work together.
      • You can NOT lay cards from the foundation back onto the tableau, but you can move them across from one foundation to the other.
    • Other than the ace and king you can move cards back and forth between the foundations to use additional cards from the tableau.
      • For example, if you have king down to 8 of clubs in one stack and ace up to 7 in another stack and you want to get rid of the 6 of clubs from the tableau then you would move the 7 on the 8 and then put the 6 on the 7.
      • When you have a choice to lay cards counting upward or downward you often want to go middle out.
        • Higher cards: If you have a 9-10-jack of spades available and the king of spades is already on a foundation then you would generally want to stack the cards in the tableau with the jack as the bottommost card so when you get a queen of spades you can quickly lay the jack, 10, then 9 on that foundation.
        • Lower cards: For lower cards near the bottom end of the run you want to stack cards on the tableau sequentially with the lowest card at the bottom.
• Audience
  • This game has only 3 reshuffles, so it is best for players who are meticulous and have a great attention to detail.
    • We also offer another Crescent Solitaire Game, which starts off easier than this version but gets harder by the time you get to the final level.
  • There are no adult themes, but most adults other than Tom Hanks will like this game.

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Plays.org published this Solitaire on July 18, 2021 / One Comment