Penguin Solitaire Game


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Penguin Solitaire is a fun, skill-based game played with a regular stack of cards. This variant of Solitaire invented by David Parlett, is famous for being an open-information game, meaning all cards are dealt face-up right from the start. No lucky guesses, no hidden surprises; just pure, calculated strategy.




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The goal of the game is to move all cards to the foundations to build four full sequences. There are two versions: Penguin (Tuxedo) and Penguin (Original). The Tuxedo version is recommended for beginners and will always start from the Ace to the King. The Original version will start from a specific “base” card and wraps around. The game plays directly on your browser or mobile.


 

How to play Penguin Solitaire?
Penguin Solitaire (Tuxedo)

The layout consists of three rows:
The foundation with 4 stacks, one for each suit
The flipper with 7 free cells
The tableau with 7 columns

A standard 52-card deck is shuffled and dealt into 7 rows each for each tableau column, then one extra card to the 1st, 4th and 7th columns.
Cards in the tableau are stacked by descending ranks of the same suit. Such stacks of any size can be moved as a unit. (e.g. 4♠–3♠–2♠ can be placed on the 5♠)

NOTE: To move cards, click to select a card or stack, then click the destination. “Drag and drop” is not required.

An empty column in the tableau may only be filled by a card or stack headed by a 13.
The flipper has 7 free cells, each of which may store one card of any kind.
The foundations are built by suit in ascending order from 1 to 13.
You win the game when all cards have been moved to the foundations.

Shortcut note: Double-clicking on a card will automatically try to move it to a valid position, in the priority order of: foundations, tableau, flipper.

Look at this Video to see a Gameplay Example of Penguin Solitaire (Tuxedo)

Penguin Solitaire (Original)

The layout consists of three rows:
The foundation with 4 stacks, one for each suit
The flipper with 7 free cells
The tableau with 7 columns

A standard 52-card deck is shuffled and dealt. The first card dealt to the back of the first column is called the beak. The rest of the cards are then dealt evenly to the columns, but the other three cards of the same rank as the beak will go to the foundations instead.
Cards in the tableau are stacked by descending ranks of the same suit. Such stacks of any size can be moved as a unit. (In the Original variant, ranks “wrap around” so that 13s are one rank below the 1)

NOTE: To move cards, click to select a card or stack, then click the destination. “Drag and drop” is not required.

An empty column in the tableau may only be filled by a card or stack headed by a card one rank below the beak.
The flipper has 7 free cells, each of which may store one card of any kind.
The foundations are built by suit in ascending order from the beak’s rank up, wrapping around if needed.
You win the game when all cards have been moved to the foundations.

Shortcut note: Double-clicking on a card will automatically try to move it to a valid position, in the priority order of: foundations, tableau, flipper.

Look at this Video to see a Gameplay Example of Penguin Solitaire (Original)

New Game:
Starts a new game with a new shuffled deck.

Reset:
Rewinds you back to the beginning of the current game.

Undo:
Undo the last move.

Settings:
Ranks: Numbers (1-13) or Traditional (Ace, 2 - 10, Jack, Queen, King)
Suits: Animals, Shapes or Traditional
Color Scheme: Four Colors or Two Colors

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