Play Queen Victoria Solitaire Online for Free (No Signup Required)

Move whole alternating-color runs at once, a step up from King Albert's one-card shuffle, with seven reserve cards dealt once and a 50% win rate that rewards planning.

Queen Victoria Solitaire plays much like King Albert Solitaire, but here you can move a whole run of alternating-color cards as a group instead of shifting them one card at a time. It's medium difficulty, with a 50% chance of winning, played with a single deck, and the outcome rests mostly on how carefully you plan ahead.

Because the seven reserve cards are dealt once and never replenished, it pays to work out where each one can go before you commit to a move.

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How to play Queen Victoria Solitaire

Layout:

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

9 tableau piles: Alternate-color build down. Sequences in alternating colors can be moved as a group. Any card may fill an empty space. To begin the game, one card is dealt face-up to the first pile, two cards to the second pile, and so on.

7 reserve cards: Any reserve card can be played to the foundations or the tableau. All seven are dealt into a single face-up pile at the start of the game.

Foundation:

There are four foundation piles.

Any of the foundation piles may be started with an Ace.

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, so the only card that fits on a J of diamonds is a Q of diamonds.

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

Reserve:

The remaining cards are arranged in a single reserve pile.

Every card in the reserve can be played to the tableau or foundation.

Tableau:

There are nine tableau piles, with one card in the first pile, two cards in the second, three cards in the third, and so on. Every card is dealt face-up.

A card can be added to a tableau pile only if it's one rank lower and the opposite color of the pile's current top card, so the only cards that fit on a 6 of diamonds are the 5 of spades and 5 of clubs.

Cards on the tableau that are not covered by another card are free to be played onto the foundation or any other tableau pile.

Any card can fill an empty slot in the tableau.

If the cards run in alternating red and black from high to low, the whole sequence can be moved together from one tableau column to another.