How to Play Blockade Solitaire

A two-deck game where the stock automatically deals to each tableau pile in turn, building on the table by suit before sending cards to the foundations. The goal: Move all 104 cards to the eight foundations to win.

Setup

1. Deal 1 card face up to each of 12 tableau piles
2. The remaining 92 cards form the stock, which deals one card at a time to each tableau pile
3. Eight foundation piles start empty, one for each suit (two decks)

How to play

• Build each foundation up by suit from Ace to King
• On the tableau, build downward by suit and move card runs together (10♠ through 6♠ can move as a group to J♠)
• Click the stock to deal one card onto each tableau pile in turn
• When you empty a tableau pile, it is immediately refilled with the top card from the stock
• Only the top card of a pile (or the top card of a run) can go to the foundations, which only accept single cards
• Eligible cards move to the foundations on their own once no other card could be played on them; you can change this behavior in Settings if you prefer

How to win

Objective: Move all 104 cards to the eight foundations to win.

You win when all 104 cards reach the foundations. The game ends when no more moves are possible.

Tips

• Plan your tableau sequences carefully; long runs can unlock buried cards
• Empty piles are less valuable here than in other games since cards come in from the stock
• Work steadily through the stock to find new playing opportunities

Play Blockade free on Windows

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Related games

More games from the Forty Thieves family:

• Lucas Leaps — A forgiving two-deck member of the Forty Thieves family: unlike most of its relatives, you can pick up whole same-suit runs and move them as a group instead of one card at a time.
• Malmaison — A large three-deck relative of Forty Thieves where you clear all 156 cards to twelve foundations, with same-suit runs that can be moved as a group.
• Ali Baba — Ali Baba uses a single deck with 10 tableau piles of 4 cards each.
• Big Forty — Build foundations up in suit from Ace to King using a standard deck laid out across 10 tableau piles and a stock.