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Squadron adds three cells to Forty Thieves' two-deck grind, turning a tough climb into an easy one with an 82% win rate to prove it.

Squadron Solitaire takes Forty Thieves and adds three cells, small parking spots for cards that turn a tough two-deck game into a much friendlier one. It's an easy game, with an 82% chance of winning, and how you do comes down to a mix of skill and luck.

If you like the extra elbow room the cells give you, Forty Thieves Solitaire (the same game without them) and Shady Lanes are worth a look too.

The original Solitaire is still the classic all of this builds on, and it's there once you want the simpler shape back.

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

Have fun!

How to play Squadron Solitaire

Layout:

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

10 tableau piles: Build down in suit, moving just one card at a time. Any card can fill an empty pile. Each pile starts with four cards, all dealt face up.

Stock: Click to deal one card at a time to the waste pile. You only get one pass through the stock; there's no redeal.

Waste: The top card can be played to the foundations or the tableau.

3 cells: Each holds one card. Every cell starts the game with one card, dealt face up.

Foundation:

Eight foundation piles hold the two decks. A card can join a pile only if it's one rank higher and the same suit as the pile's current top card, so the only card that can follow a 7 of spades is the 8 of spades. Each pile fills from ace to king, 13 cards deep.

You can also move a foundation's top card back into play, onto the tableau or a cell, if a spot there will take it.

Cells:

Three cells sit to the side, each holding one card from the very start of the deal. Any available card can move into an open cell, and a card resting in a cell can move back out to the tableau or a foundation whenever there's a home for it there.

Tableau:

Ten tableau piles of four cards each, all dealt face up.

A card can be added to a pile only if it's one rank lower and the same suit as the pile's current top card, so the only card that might follow a 4 of spades is the 3 of spades.

Only cards that aren't covered by another card are free to move, onto a foundation, a cell, or another tableau pile, one card at a time.

Any card can fill an empty tableau pile.

Stock and waste:

There's one waste pile, and everything else starts in the stock. Click the stock to deal one card at a time to the waste. You only get a single pass through the stock, so play what you can before it runs out.

The top card of the waste can be played to a cell, the tableau, or a foundation.