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Four Seasons' famous cross, but every empty gap fills instantly with a blind flip from the stock. One twist, and the game becomes a gamble.
Czarina Solitaire is Four Seasons with the reins handed to the deck. The layout is the same famous cross — five tableau piles with the four foundations in the corners — and, as in its parent, the first card dealt to a foundation sets the base rank for the whole game, with building wrapping from King to Ace as needed.
The single twist is what happens to empty spaces. In Four Seasons, choosing which card to park in a vacancy is your main source of control; in Czarina, every gap in the cross is filled instantly with the top card of the stock, sight unseen. That one change hands a large part of the game over to fortune and gives the old cross a very different feel.
The game is medium in difficulty, with slimmer chances than Four Seasons. With a single deck in play, luck runs the show here, so lean on reading the board rather than planning far ahead.
For more of the same feeling, head to Four Seasons Solitaire or Corners Solitaire next.
If Czarina's randomness isn't your style, the original Solitaire puts more of the game back in your hands.
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How to play Czarina Solitaire
Layout:
4 foundation piles: Build up in suit from the rank of the first card dealt to the first pile, wrapping from King to Ace as needed, until each pile holds 13 cards.
5 tableau piles: Build down regardless of suit, wrapping from Ace to King as needed. Each pile is dealt one card, and empty spaces are refilled automatically with the top card of the stock.
Stock: Click to flip over 1 card at a time to the waste. There are no redeals.
Waste: The top card can be played on the foundations or tableau.
Foundation:
There are four foundation piles.
A foundation pile will be given a card at random. This is the starting card. Begin the remainder of the piles with cards of the same rank.
A card can be added to a foundation pile only if it's one rank higher and the same suit as the pile's current top card, wrapping from King to Ace as needed, so the only card that fits on a J of spades is a Q of spades.
The top card of each foundation can be moved back into play if another pile will accept it.
Tableau:
Five tableau piles of one card each. Every card is dealt face-up.
A card can be added to a tableau pile only if it's one rank lower than the pile's current top card, regardless of suit, wrapping from Ace to King as needed, so the card that fits on a four is a three of any suit.
Cards on the tableau that are not covered by another card are free to be played onto the foundation or any other tableau pile. Only one card may be moved at a time; sequences are not permitted.
Empty slots are refilled at once with the top card of the stock. Once the stock has run out, any card may fill an empty slot.
Stock and waste:
There is one waste pile and the remaining cards comprise the stock.
When you click on the stock, one card from the stock is dealt to the waste. There is only one pass through the stock.
The top card of the waste can be played to the tableau or foundation.
