Clock Solitaire Instructions
Overview
Instead of placing all cards in the deck in suit stacks, the
goal in clock solitaire is to move every card to a pile corresponding to its
rank. The deck at the center of the layout is considered the "hand", while the
other twelve stacks represent the numbers of a clock face. The card on the top
of the center stack is turned up and is moved to the stack corresponding to its
rank. Jacks are at the 11 o'clock position, queens at 12 o'clock, aces at 1
o'clock, and the kings is at the center. The moved card is placed face up at the
bottom of its new stack, and the card at the top of the receiving stack is
turned over and moved to is appropriate stack. This continues until all four
kings have been found or the game is won. Clock solitaire is entirely mechanical
with victory solely determined by the shuffle.
Moving Cards
Since there is only one possible source stack, the card at
the top of that stack is automatically highlighted. Clicking on a stack will
attempt to move the card at the top of the highlighted stack to the clicked
stack.
Buttons
Clicking on these buttons will perform the following actions:
- New Game
- Begin a new game after shuffling the deck
- Move
- Automatically move the selected card to its appropriate location
- Finish
- Complete the current game.
History
- Version 1.0 (2000/01/13)
- First public release