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Squeeze two decks into twelve piles of just two cards each and watch the board jam solid: only a 1% win rate.

Block Solitaire deals two full decks across twelve tableau piles of just two cards each, and it earns its name honestly, the game jams up fast. With so little room to maneuver from the very first move, it's brutally hard: only a 1% chance of winning, and getting there takes real skill along with a good share of luck.

Barricade B Solitaire and Blockade Solitaire are two other solitaire games in the same squeeze-you-tight style.

If you enjoy the challenge, the original Solitaire is always worth another round.

If you run into anything odd or have an idea that would make the game better, please contact me.

Enjoy yourself!

How to play Block Solitaire

Layout:

8 foundation piles: Build up from Ace to King in the same suit.

12 tableau piles: Build down in suit, one card at a time. Empty spaces refill from the stock; once the stock runs out, any card can drop into an empty spot. Each pile starts with two cards dealt face up, and any card that can move straight to a foundation goes there right away.

Stock: Only feeds empty tableau spaces.

Foundation:

There are eight foundation piles.

Any ace may start an empty foundation pile.

A card can be added if it's one rank higher than the pile's current top card and the same suit.

So the only card that can follow a 4 of spades is the 5 of spades. Each pile holds up to 13 cards.

The top card of a foundation pile can be moved back into play if another pile will take it.

Tableau:

Twelve tableau piles, dealt two cards apiece, all face up.

A card can be added to a tableau pile if it's one rank lower than the pile's top card and the same suit.

So the only card that can follow a 5 of diamonds is the 4 of diamonds.

Any card not covered by another card is free to move to a foundation or another tableau pile.

Empty tableau spaces refill right away from the stock. Once the stock is empty, any card can fill the space instead.

Only one card can move at a time, there's no moving sequences.

Stock:

The stock holds whatever cards are left after the deal.

You can't deal from it by hand, it only steps in automatically to refill an empty tableau space.

Notes:

Emptying a tableau pile is the only way to bring fresh cards into play, and that doesn't happen often. That's exactly why the game jams up so easily, hence the name.