How to Play Lucas Solitaire

A one-deck Forty Thieves cousin spread across thirteen tableau piles. Starting with all four Aces already on the foundations takes some of the luck out of the deal.

Setup

1. The four Aces are removed and placed on the foundations at the start
2. Thirteen tableau piles are arranged in a row; each receives three of the remaining cards, all face-up
3. The remaining cards form the stock; click it to deal one card at a time to the waste pile
4. No redeal is allowed—you get a single pass through the deck only

How to play

• Build the foundations up in suit, from Ace to King
• In the tableau, build cards one rank lower in the same suit (a 9♠ under a 10♠, etc.)
• Only the top card of a tableau pile can move
• Empty tableau piles accept any card
• Cards automatically move to the foundations whenever no other card can be built on them; you can change this in Settings if preferred
• Draw from the stock when tableau moves are exhausted; there's no redeal, so once the stock is empty no new cards become available

How to win

Objective: Move every card to the four foundations in suit from Ace to King

You win when all 52 cards reach the foundations. With no redeal, you're stuck if you run out of moves once the stock is empty.

Tips

• Since Aces are already placed, focus on building sequences of the same suit downward
• Create empty piles strategically—they're your only flexibility for moving cards
• Expose deeply buried cards early before drawing from the stock, since there's no redeal

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Related games

More games from the Forty Thieves family:

• McClellan — Build eight foundations using two decks while managing eight tableau piles where cards must be built in the same suit.
• Outback — Outback deals two decks across eight tableau piles, where every pile builds in a single suit instead of alternating colors, and you can relocate any run of face-up cards as a group as long as the bottom card fits.
• Quadrangle — A challenging two-deck game from the Forty Thieves family.
• Robie — A two-deck game where the tableau begins empty and fills as you play, giving you maximum flexibility from the start since you can place any card from the stock or waste to open up space.
• Sixty Thieves — A large-scale Forty Thieves relative played with three decks.