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, up or down by one rank — King and Ace connect
• Only the top card of a pile matters; direction may reverse freely
• An emptied pile stays empty for the rest of the game
• Send tableau tops to a matching foundation when ranks line up

Reshuffle

• Three reshuffles allowed per game
• Each reshuffle moves the bottom card of every pile to its top
• Use them to unbury cards you cannot reach by building

Tips & Strategy

• Think twice before emptying a pile — it cannot be refilled
• Save reshuffles for when truly stuck — they are limited
• Foundations win the game; tableau is scaffolding