Play Manx Solitaire Online for Free (No Signup Required)

Sort the deck into four complete thirteen-card runs using just four one-card piles and a single spare cell, with only one pass through the stock.

In this game created by Rick Holzgrafe of Solitaire Til Dawn, you sort the deck into four complete sequences using four one-card tableau piles and a single spare cell, with only one pass through the stock and no redeals.

The classic Spider Solitaire is the safer bet, or stick with the same one-cell squeeze in Tabbycat Solitaire.

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

Have a good time playing!

How to play Manx Solitaire

Foundation:

There are four foundation piles.

Single cards are never allowed to move to a foundation. Only once you've built a complete sequence of thirteen cards on the tableau, in unbroken descending order regardless of suit, can you transfer it to a foundation pile. Because building wraps from king to ace, that run doesn't have to start at a king or end at an ace: any thirteen cards in a row will do.

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

Tableau:

Four tableau piles of one card each, all 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, so the only card that fits on a 4 is a 3. Building wraps around the corner, so you may also play kings on aces.

Cards on the tableau that aren't covered by another card can be played onto the single free cell, while it's empty, or onto any other tableau pile.

Any card can fill an empty slot in the tableau.

Regardless of suit, a descending run of cards may be moved from one tableau pile to another as a group.

Stock:

The remaining 48 cards make up the stock.

When you click the stock, one card deals onto each tableau pile. There is only one pass through the stock, with no redeals, and no waste pile: every dealt card lands straight on the tableau.