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Play online the classic twist of spider solitaire. Arrange the cards in suits to remove all the suits in the game.

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Alternations is like some bizarre combination of Klondike and FreeCell.In alternation, half the cards on the table are face-up and the otherhalf are face-down, in of all things, an alternating pattern.

To play by hand, you'll need two decks of cards (minus the Jokers).Shuffle the cards completely, then begin to assemble the columns. First,deal 7 cards across face-up. Next, deal 7 cards across face-down. You'llrepeat this alternating pattern 5 more times. At the end, you'll have atotal of 7 columns and 7 rows. For your rows, your very first and verylast rows will both be face-up. Clear enough space on your table for 8foundation piles and you'll be ready to start. New usa online casinos.

And of course, if you're playing for free here on the alternations site,all of this is magically taken care of for you so that you can jumpright into a new game.

Now that everything's set up, you get to choose your rules; rules thatcan make this one easy solitaire game or a nightmarish combination ofskill and chance. If you're playing online, you'll be able to change therules under the 'prefs' menu and then the 'rule prefs' submenu.

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Your objective is to build your foundation piles by suit, in ascendingorder (meaning starting with an Ace and finishing with a King). Asmentioned previously, given that you're playing with 2 complete carddecks, you'll have a total of 8 foundations to build.

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Traditional rules for the Alternations game are as follows:

• on the tableau, sequences are built in descending order by alternatingcolor (think Klondike)
• you get one and only chance to go through the stock (think FortyThieves)
• blank columns may be filled with any single card or valid sequence ofcards

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To make things friendlier, you have some flexibility here with the rules:

• build down by any suit (in the preferences, this is called 'Regardlssof Suit'). Changing this rule is perhaps the most powerful thing youcan do to change your chances of winning. For example, instead of adiamond 7 only being placeable on a black 8, all suits are now availableso that red 7 can now be placed on a 8 of diamonds, hearts, spades, orclubs.
• give yourself more redeals from the stock. This is another potentiallypotent game changer. Consider this scenario: all of your Aces are inthe stock and all of those cards are near the end of the stock.Meanwhile, your other low cards (2s, 3s, 4s, etc) are all near thefront. Granted, lots of other variables come into play, but if youonly have a single stock deal allowed, by the time you get to yourAces, those lower cards will be long buried in the waste pile (the namefor the pile where unused cards from the stock go after they've beendealt). Having unlimited redeals (or heck, even a single extra redeal)can be the difference between winning and losing here.

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On the flipside, if you want to make things super tough, change thetableau rules so that you can only build down by suit (as opposed to thedefault of alternating color).

Whatever rules you decide to play with, we hope you enjoy your game!