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Every card deals face-up instead of buried like in Penguin, stripping the game down to basics. One of the easiest games on the site: a 98% win rate.

Tuxedo Solitaire strips Penguin down to basics: instead of dealing three cards straight onto the foundations and burying a fourth at the bottom of the first pile, every card starts face-up and in play on the tableau. That makes it a simple game, with a 98% chance of winning, played with a single deck, where skill decides the outcome far more than luck does.

It belongs to the same family as Opus Solitaire, Penguin Solitaire, and Emperor Penguin.

If you enjoy Tuxedo, you should try FreeCell, another game built around the same open-cell idea.

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

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How to play Tuxedo Solitaire

Layout:

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

7 cells: Each cell holds one card. A stored card can move back out to the foundation or the tableau.

7 tableau piles: Build down within each suit. Same-suit sequences can move together. Only Kings can fill an empty pile. Each pile starts with 7 face-up cards, except the first, fourth, and seventh piles, which get 8.

Foundation:

There are four foundation piles.

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 an 8 of diamonds is a 9 of diamonds.

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

Cells:

Seven cells, all empty at the start.

One card can be stored in each cell. Any available card can be played into any available cell. Cell cards can be played back to the tableau or the foundation.

Tableau:

Seven tableau piles start with cards dealt face-up: the first, fourth, and seventh piles get 8 cards each, and the rest get 7.

A card can be added to a tableau pile only if it's one rank lower and the same suit as the original top card of the pile, so the only card that fits on a 4 of clubs is a 3 of clubs.

Cards on the tableau that are not covered by another card can be played onto the foundation, an empty cell, or any other tableau pile.

Only kings may fill empty spots in the tableau.

If all the cards in a run share the same suit, that whole run can move from one tableau column to another as a group.