Crescent Solitaire

Objective

Two decks. All eight foundations come pre-seeded — four with Aces (building up) and four with Kings (building down). Fill every foundation in the same suit to win.

The Layout

• Top row — 8 foundations seeded at the deal
• Below — 16 tableau piles arranged 2 rows × 8 columns, each with 6 face-up cards
• No stock, no waste — every card is visible from the start

Moving Cards

• Tableau builds same-suit, either direction (up or down by one rank)
• A pile with 2+ cards is locked to its established direction
• A pile that empties resets — any card may seed it again
• Send tableau tops to a matching foundation when ranks line up

Reshuffle

• Three reshuffles allowed per game
• Each reshuffle rotates the bottom three cards of every pile to its top
• Direction locks reset because pile contents change

Tips & Strategy

• Watch for tableau builds that can be redirected after an empty
• Save reshuffles for when truly stuck — they are limited
• Foundations win the game; tableau is scaffolding