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Clear a 5x5 grid by pairing equal ranks that touch, even diagonally, before you run out of neighbors to match.

Monte Carlo Solitaire, also known as Weddings, is a fast matching solitaire played on a compact 5x5 grid. Twenty-five cards are dealt into the grid while the remaining twenty-seven wait in the stock. The goal is easy to learn but tricky to finish: pair off equal-rank cards that touch one another until all 52 cards have been cleared. Because pairs can be joined horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, the board brims with possibilities — yet one careless clear can strand a rank you still needed.

Other same-rank pairing games worth a look are Nestor Solitaire and Simple Pairs Solitaire, which reward the same knack for spotting equal-rank partners before the layout locks up.

If you enjoy Monte Carlo, try Solitaire, the classic solitaire card game.

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How to play Monte Carlo Solitaire

Layout:

25-card grid: Monte Carlo opens with a 5x5 grid of twenty-five face-up cards. Every card is in play from the start — there are no face-down cards and nothing to unbury.

27-card stock: The 27 cards left over after the deal form the stock, shown to the side. They feed the grid whenever you consolidate.

Discard:

Removed cards leave the grid for good. Whenever two equal-rank cards sit next to one another — side by side, one above the other, or corner to corner on a diagonal — you may clear them together as a pair. Aces pair with Aces, Kings with Kings, and so on down to Twos; suit and color never matter.

Cards sent to the discard cannot be brought back, so clear pairs in an order that keeps the board flexible rather than emptying one region too quickly.

Tableau:

The 5x5 grid is the whole playing field. Adjacency is judged on the grid: a card has up to eight neighbors — the cards to its left, right, above, below, and on each of the four diagonals. Two matching cards count as a pair only if they are neighbors in this sense.

You may keep removing eligible pairs for as long as any exist. When no adjacent match remains, it is time to consolidate.

Stock:

Tap the stock to consolidate the board. The surviving cards slide toward the top-left in reading order, closing every gap, and then the empty trailing slots are refilled from the top of the stock until the grid again holds twenty-five cards (or the stock is exhausted).

Consolidating reshuffles which cards are adjacent, opening fresh pairs and drawing new cards down from the stock. Clear all 52 cards — grid and stock alike — to win.