How to Play Lucas Leaps Solitaire

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. The goal: Move every card to the eight foundations in suit from Ace to King

Setup

1. Eight foundation piles start empty and build up in suit from Ace to King (two decks are in play)
2. Thirteen tableau piles are arranged in a row; each receives four 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.)
• You can move a run—a sequence of cards where each is one rank lower in the same suit—to another pile
• 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 no more tableau moves are available

How to win

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

You win when all 104 cards reach the foundations. The game ends when the stock runs out and no moves remain.

Tips

• Moving sequences together is the key to winning—plan multi-card moves to expose buried cards
• Try to create empty piles for maximum flexibility in sequence placement
• Since you have two decks, watch for opportunities to move entire runs rather than single cards

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Related games

More games from the Forty Thieves family:

• 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.
• Blockade — 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.