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Read the whole face-up deck at a glance, then lean on one free cell to work an Ace free before it gets buried too deep.
Ten By One Solitaire takes the wide-open Vineyard layout and hands you a single free cell to work with. The whole deck is spread face-up across ten tableau columns from the very first deal, so nothing is hidden. Everything you need to plan is already on the table.
The name captures the shape of the game neatly: ten columns and one cell. That lone cell is your only breathing room. There is no stock to draw from and no waste to fall back on, which means the single spare space you hold is the pivot around which every tricky sequence turns.
Because all the cards are visible from the start, Ten By One rewards patient reading over luck. Building down in alternating colors keeps the columns tidy, but you move only one card at a time, so untangling a buried Ace often depends on parking a card in the cell at exactly the right moment. Think a move or two ahead and a surprising number of deals open up.
Want more of that same open-information feel? Vineyard Solitaire and FreeCell are good places to head next.
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How to play Ten By One Solitaire
Layout:
4 foundation piles: Build up in suit from Ace to King. Completed cards move here automatically when a play is available.
10 tableau piles: Build down in alternating colors. The entire deck is dealt across the ten piles, all face-up, at the start of the game.
1 free cell: A single open space that can hold one card of any rank or suit for temporary storage.
Foundation:
There are four foundation piles, one for each suit.
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, starting with an Ace and ending with the King.
Cards cannot be taken back from the foundation after they have been placed.
Tableau:
Ten tableau piles hold the whole deck between them, and 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 card that fits on a red 8 is a black 7.
Only one card may be moved at a time; ordered sequences cannot be lifted as a group. Any card can be placed into an empty tableau pile.
Cards on the tableau that are not covered by another card can be played onto the foundations, onto another tableau pile, or into the free cell.
Free cell:
There is one free cell, and it starts empty.
Any accessible card may be moved into the cell to hold it out of the way. The card in the cell can then be played to a foundation or to a tableau pile whenever it fits. Since there is no stock or waste, using this single cell wisely is the key to working through the board.
